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smug
English
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.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sm?g, IPA(key): /sm??/
- Rhymes: -??
Adjective
smug (comparative smugger, superlative smuggest)
- Irritatingly pleased with oneself, offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
- Showing smugness, showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
- (obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
- 1556, Raphe Robynson, More’s Utopia: The English Translation thereof
- They be so smug and smooth.
- 1828, Thomas De Quincey, Elements of Rhetoric (published in Blackwood's Magazine)
- the smug and scanty draperies of his style
- A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow.
- 1556, Raphe Robynson, More’s Utopia: The English Translation thereof
Synonyms
- gloaty
- self-satisfied
- complacent
- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
Derived terms
- smugly
- smugness
Translations
Verb
smug (third-person singular simple present smugs, present participle smugging, simple past and past participle smugged)
- (obsolete, transitive) To make smug, or spruce.
- Thus said, he smug'd his beard, and stroked up fair.
- (obsolete, transitive) To seize; to confiscate.
- (obsolete, transitive, slang) To hush up.
Further reading
- smug in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- smug in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Gums, MGUs, gums, mugs
Danish
Etymology
From Danish smyge
Noun
smug
- in secret, hidden
Derived terms
- i smug
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- smau (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
From the verb smyge
Noun
smug n (definite singular smuget, indefinite plural smug, definite plural smuga or smugene)
- an alley or alleyway (usually for pedestrians)
References
- “smug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smuk/
Noun
smug m inan
- A narrow strip of meadow or, less commonly, of a field or forest.
- Any meadow, especially one that is marshy.
- (archaic) Alternative form of smuga (“streak, trail, contrail”).
Declension
Noun
smug f
- genitive plural of smuga
Further reading
- smug in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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nyah
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /njæ/
Interjection
nyah
- Expressing smug triumph.
- 1993, Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the faerie realm (page 74)
- When the waves didn't catch me, I would laugh and sing out, "Nyah, nyah, nyah!"
- 1993, Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the faerie realm (page 74)
Anagrams
- Hany, Yahn
Malay
Verb
nyah (Jawi spelling ???)
- to run from
- to remove
Derived terms
- mengenyahkan
- mak nyah
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