Category:Smug

Smug, a. Etym: [of. Scand. or low german origin; cf. Lg. smuck, g. Schmuck, dan. smuk, osw. smuck, smöck, and e. smock, smuggle; cf. G. Schmuck ornament. See smock.]

Defn: studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; Affectedly precise; smooth and prim. They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (more's utopia). The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & fl.

Smug Smug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Smugging.]

Defn: to make smug, or spruce. [obs.] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Dryton.