[Sam Cree]

'Maybe. To sheep other sheep no doubt appear different' laughed Lindir.

Does this remark by a Rivendell elf (on telling the difference between "mortals," Aragorn and Bilbo specifically) qualify as snooty?

[Overtaxed]

'Maybe. To sheep other sheep no doubt appear different' laughed Lindir.

Does this remark by a Rivendell elf (on telling the difference between "mortals," Aragorn and Bilbo specifically) qualify as snooty?

Yes it does sound snooty! At least Lindir softens it by "trying" to make a joke out of it.