Dictionary entry

Smug

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Smug (?), a. [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.] 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.