snore

Meanings

Verb

• To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

Noun

• The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
• An extremely boring person or event.

Related

Similar words

• saw wood

Origin

• From Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Middle English snore, *fnore, from Old English fnora, from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew-. Compare also Proto-Germanic *snarkjaną, Middle Low German snorren, Dutch snorren.
• The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see that entry for more).