snaggy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

snag +‎ -y.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

snaggy (comparative snaggier, superlative snaggiest)

  1. Covered in snags, or similar sharp projections.
  2. (UK, dialect, archaic) Bad-tempered; crotchety.
    • 1889, English Dialect Society, Publications, numbers 59-64, page 501:
      I couldn't live wi' a snaggy man like him if I was paaid[sic] for it.

References[edit]

  • (crotchety): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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