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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Deliberate coldness or disregard; a slight or a snub.
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- noun idiomatic A deliberate act of
disrespect ; aslight orsnub
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- noun a refusal to recognize someone you know
Etymologies
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Possibly coined by Sir Walter Scott in 1816.
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