smart

English

/smɑɹt/, /smɑːt/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
  • (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
  • (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English smerten inherited from Old English smeortan (smart) inherited from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (hurt, ache) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (sting, bite, burn), *(s)merd- (sting, bite, burn).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)merd-

Gloss

sting, bite, burn

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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