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[syn: smug, self-satisfied]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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They be so smug and smooth. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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The smug and scanty draperies of his style. --De
Quincey.
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A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. --Beau.
& Fl.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smug \Smug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smugged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smugging.]
To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.]
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Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.
--Dryton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
smug
adj 1: marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a
smug glow of self-congratulation" [syn: smug, self-
satisfied]