smug

English

/smʌɡ/

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German smuk (neat, lithe, bendsome, ornament, pleasing, cute, supple, petite, trim, delicate, jewellery, beautiful) derived from Proto-Germanic *smeuganą (creep, slip through into).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*smeuganą

Gloss

creep, slip through into

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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