shnoz

Definitions

• "A nose, especially a large, unattractive one." (JPS)

Example Sentences

• "Our family has a very distinctive shnoz!" - my Dad says this of our family

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Who Uses This

• Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
• Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

Alternative Spellings

schnoz, shnaz