Etymograph

English

snuffer

From snuff + -er.

A compound of snuff + -er

Middle Dutch snuffen ‘to snuff, sniff, snuffle’

English snuff

Today it means

noun A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “snuffer”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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