English
This word was created in the 1950's.
Adjective
en-adj
- To have lost the sense of smell.
Quotations
1955. John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. C. Scribner's sons, p. 799:
:Luckily, they're all `snoof.`" "What?" said Michael ... One says 'deaf,' 'blind,' 'dumb'�why not `snoof`?"
1966. By Monroe C. Beardsley. Thinking Straight; Principles of Reasoning for Readers and Writers. By Monroe C. Beardsley. Prentice-Hall, p. 292:
:And the word "snoof" has been brought forth (by an analogy with "deaf") to describe someone who is devoid of, or deficient in, the sense of smell.
1994. Diana Starr Cooper. Night After Night. Island Press, p. 127:
:My mother-in-law, Louise Field Cooper, used the word snoof to convey some of this meaning, as in �he has such a bad cold he's gone totally snoof.
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