smug : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smug	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for smug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smug adj marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction; "a smug glow of self-congratulation" Synonym(s): smug, self- satisfied
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smug \Smug\, a. [Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck, G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, sm[94]ck, and E. smock, smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See {Smock}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smug \Smug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smugging}.] To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. --Dryton.