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smug |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smug \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smug \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: smug adj : marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation" [syn: {self-satisfied}]
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