snug

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   warm, comfortable, and cozily sheltered; fitting closely

   The cabin felt snug against the howling blizzard outside.

Simplified etymology

Snug first appeared in the late 16th century as a sailors’ term, probably from German or Dutch, meaning “shipshape” or properly prepared for bad weather. A small, comfortable room in a pub was called a snug from the 1830s, though its original name was snuggery. The former verb snug meant “to lie or nestle closely” and gave rise to snuggle in the late 17th century.

Late 16th century, originally nautical ('trim, compact, prepared for bad weather'), of Low German or Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse snöggr 'short-haired, smooth', Swedish snygg 'tidy, neat').

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