See Also: fata morgana(dictionary)
sniffle(dictionary)
sniffle 1, verb(dictionary)
sniffle 2, noun(dictionary)

fata morgana (iou) and sniffle (iou)


fata morgana (iou)



fata morgana noun. E19.
[Italian = fairy Morgan, sister of King Arthur, whose legend was carried to Sicily by Norman settlers.]
A kind of mirage most frequently seen in the Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily, attributed in early times to fairy agency; an illusion.

sniffle (iou)



sniffle verb & noun. M17.
[Imit.: cf. SNIVEL verb.]
A. verb intrans.
Snivel or snuffle slightly or repeatedly. Earliest as sniffling verbal noun & ppl adjective. M17.
transf. Of a breeze: blow smartly or briskly. Earlier in sniffler (a). L19.
b. noun.
sing. & in pl. A cold in the head causing a running nose and sniffling. E19.
An act of sniffling; a slight snivel or snuffle. L19.
sniffler noun (a) a smart or brisk breeze or wind; (b) a person who sniffles: M18.
sniffly adjective that sniffles, characterized by sniffling M19.