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adjective, smug·ger, smug·gest.
1.
contentedly confident of one's ability, superiority, or correctness; complacent.
2.
trim; spruce; smooth; sleek.
Origin:
1545–55; perhaps < Middle Dutch smuc neat, pretty, nice
1545–55; perhaps < Middle Dutch smuc neat, pretty, nice
Related forms
smug·ly, adverb
smug·ness, noun
un·smug, adjective
un·smug·ly, adverb
un·smug·ness, noun
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smug
1551, "trim, neat, spruce, smart," possibly an alteration of Low Ger. smuk "trim, neat," from M.L.G. smücken "to adorn," and smiegen "to press close" (see smock). The meaning "having a self-satisfied air" is from 1701, an extension of the sense of "smooth, sleek" (1582),
EXPANDwhich was commonly used of attractive women and girls.
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