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Definition smug

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Low German smuk (“lithe, delicate, neat, trim”) although the g of the English word is not easily explained. From the Low German derived also North Frisian smok, Danish smuk and Swedish smukk (now obsolete or dialectal). The ultimate source should be Proto-Germanic *smeugan?.

Compare Middle High German gesmuc (“ornament”) and smücken (“to dress, to adorn”), both ultimately from smiegen (“to press to, insert, wrap, to nestle”), hence German schmiegen, Schmuck and schmücken. The adjective schmuck, however, was borrowed from Low German. See smock for more.

Adjective

smug (comparative smugger, superlative smuggest)

1. Irritatingly pleased with oneself, offensively self-complacent. self-satisfied.
2. (obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

Verb

smug (third-person singular simple present smugs, present participle smugging, simple past and past participle smugged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make smug, or spruce.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To seize; to confiscate.
3. (obsolete, transitive, slang) To hush up.

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