Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Warm and comfortable; cosy. · Satisfactory. · Close-fitting. · Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
noun
A small, comfortable back room in a pub. · A lug.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo make secure or snug. · To snuggle or nestle. · To make smooth.
From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”). Compare also English snudge (“to nestle, remain snug and quiet”).
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