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snore

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/snɔː/
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/snɔː/ · /snoɹ/ · /sno(ː)ɹ/ · /snoə/

Definition of snore

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
    “While you here do ſnoaring lie, / Open-ey'd Conſpiracie / His time doth take: / If of Life you keepe a care, / Shake off ſlumber, and beware. / Awake, awake.”
    “The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light.”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
    “While you here do ſnoaring lie, / Open-ey'd Conſpiracie / His time doth take: / If of Life you keepe a care, / Shake off ſlumber, and beware. / Awake, awake.”
    “The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light.”

noun

  1. The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
  2. (informal)An extremely boring person or event.

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Etymology

From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to…

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From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).

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