Snouty
/ˈsnaʊ.ti/noun
Having a snout; snout-like in shape or appearance.
Did you know?The base word snout comes from a Germanic root meaning a projecting nose or beak, and English later added -y to make it an adjective, turning a blunt body-part word into a descriptive shape-word.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*snūtaz
“snout, projecting nose”
Old English
OE
snūt
“snout, muzzle”
Middle English
ME
snoute
“nose, snout; projecting beak or muzzle”
16th Century
English
snout
“the projecting nose of an animal; later, a human nose in slang”
Modern English
English
snouty
“having a snout; snout-like”