Meaning of SMUG
Pronunciation: | | smug
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| Definition: | | [adj] marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation" |
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| Synonyms: | | content(p), contented, self-satisfied |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Smug\, a. [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck,
G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, sm["o]ck, and E. smock,
smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See {Smock}.]
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce;
affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
They be so smug and smooth. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
The smug and scanty draperies of his style. --De
Quincey.
A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. --Beau.
& Fl.
\Smug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Smugging}.]
To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.]
Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.
--Dryton.
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