snod

American  

[snod] / snɒd /

adjective

Scot. and North England.

1. smooth; sleek.

2. neat; tidy.

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Other Word Forms

• snodly adverb

Etymology

Origin of snod

1470–80; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse snothin bald, snauthr bare, bald

Example Sentences

He went on: “And you consate that all these steans be aboon folk that be happed here, snod an’ snog?”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Weel, weel, here comes the minister himsel, an' very snod he is.

From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

When I'd riddled all the ash I made it snod wi' the peat-rake, and then, more dead nor wick, I crept back into bed and waited while Mike and Amos came home.

From More Tales of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William

"An' wi' 't a'," said Davit, "she's a snod, canty bit stocky in her Sabbath claes."

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

"But ye're no bonny, Miss Nelly; na, na, ye cannot fill the shoon o' yer leddy mother; ye're snod, and ye may shak yer tails at the Assembly, but ye're far ahint Lady Carnegie."

From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah