Snub-Nosed
/ˌsnʌbˈnoʊzd/noun
Having a short, upturned nose.
Did you know?The first part, snub, originally meant to check, rebuke, or cut someone off socially, so the word carries an old social sting before it ever described a nose.
Etymological Timeline
Old Norse / Middle English
ON/ME
snubba
“to rebuke or chide”
Late Middle English
English
snubben
“to snub, check, or rebuff”
16th–17th Century
English
snub
“a sharp rebuke; to treat with disdain”
18th Century
English
snub-nosed
“having a short, upturned nose”
Modern English
English
snub-nosed
“describing a nose that is short and turned slightly upward”