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Webster 1913 Edition

Smug

Smug

,
Adj.
[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.

Smug

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Smug

SMUG

,
Adj.
Nice; neat; affectedly nice in dress. [Not in use.]

SMUG

,
Verb.
T.
To make spruce; to dress with affected neatness. [Not in use.]

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