snore

From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), *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 that entry for more).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /snɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /snɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /sno(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /snoə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

snore (third-person singular simple present snores, present participle snoring, simple past and past participle snored)

1. To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], pages 8-9:

     Ariell:
     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.

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snore (plural snores)

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

   Synonyms: snoozefest, snore-fest

• snore-fest

• Ensor, Ernos, Neros, Norse, Roens, Rones, Rosen, neros, noser, oners, renos, rosen, senor, seron, señor

snore

1. Alternative form of snoren

From Old English fnora, from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô.

• *fnore

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔːr(ə)/

snore

1. (rare) snorting

• snoren

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