smart

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Swedish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English smeortan, from West Germanic Proto-Germanic *smertan, whence also Old High German smerzan.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: smärt
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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t

[edit] Adjective

smart (comparative smarter, superlative smartest)

1. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 19

     “I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me.”

2. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
3. Good-looking.

   a smart outfit

4. Cleverly and/or sarcastically humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful. Cf: (verb) to smart off; (noun) smarty pants, wise guy, wiseacre, wise-ass; (adjective) cute.

   He became tired of his daughter's sarcasm and smart remarks.

5. Sudden and intense.

   1860 July 9, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry, from Thoreau's bird-lore, Francis H. Allen (editor), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 1910), Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau, Beacon Press, (Boston, 1993), page 239:

   • There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident.

6. (US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
   • He raised his voice, and it hurt her feelings right smart.
   • That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.

[edit] Synonyms

• (exhibiting social ability): bright, capable, sophisticated, witty
• (exhibiting intellectual knowledge): cultivated, educated, learned
• (good-looking): attractive, chic, stylish, handsome
• See also Wikisaurus:learned

[edit] Antonyms

• (exhibiting social ability): backward, boorish, dull, inept
• (exhibiting intellectual knowledge): ignorant, uncultivated, simple
• (good-looking): garish, outré, tacky

[edit] Derived terms

• smart as a whip
• smart casual
• smart off

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[edit] Verb

to smart (third-person singular simple present smarts, present participle smarting, simple past and past participle smarted)

1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.

   After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"

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Inflections of smart		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	smart	smartare		smartast
	Neuter	smart
Definite singular	Masc.	smarte		smartaste
	All	smarta		smartaste
Plural		smarta		smartaste

smart

1. smart; clever