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Webster 1913 Edition

Smart

Smart

(smärt)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Smarted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Smarting
.]
[OE.
smarten
, AS.
smeortan
; akin to D.
smarten
,
smerten
, G.
schmerzen
, OHG.
smerzan
, Dan.
smerte
, Sw.
smärta
, D.
smart
,
smert
, a pain, G.
schmerz
, OHG.
smerzo
, and probably to L.
mordere
to bite; cf. Gr.
σμερδνός
,
σμερδαλέος
, terrible, fearful, Skr.
mṛd
to rub, crush. Cf.
Morsel
.]
1.
To feel a lively, pungent local pain; – said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation;
as, my finger
smarts
; these wounds
smart
.
Chaucer.
Shak.
2.
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil;
as, the team is still
smarting
from its loss of the championship
.
No creature
smarts
so little as a fool.
Pope.
He that is surety for a stranger shall
smart
for it.
Prov. xi. 15.

Smart

,
Verb.
T.
To cause a smart in.
“A goad that . . . smarts the flesh.”
T. Adams.

Smart

,
Noun.
[OE.
smerte
. See
Smart
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
“In pain’s smart.”
Chaucer.
2.
Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief;
as, the
smart
of affliction
.
To stand 'twixt us and our deserved
smart
.
Milton.
Counsel mitigates the greatest
smart
.
Spenser.
3.
A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
[Slang]
Fielding.
4.
Smart money (see below).
[Canf]

Smart

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Smarter
;
sup
erl.
Smartest
.]
[OE.
smerte
. See
Smart
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
Causing a smart; pungent; pricking;
as, a
smart
stroke or taste
.
How
smart
lash that speech doth give my conscience.
Shakespeare
2.
Keen; severe; poignant;
as,
smart
pain
.
3.
Vigorous; sharp; severe.
“Smart skirmishes, in which many fell.”
Clarendon.
4.
Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.
[Colloq.]
5.
Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
“The stars shine smarter.”
Dryden.
6.
Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty;
as, a
smart
reply; a
smart
saying
.
Who, for the poor renown of being
smart

Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
Young.
A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very
smart
.
Addison.
7.
Pretentious; showy; spruce;
as, a
smart
gown
.
8.
Brisk; fresh;
as, a
smart
breeze
.
Smart money
.
(a)
Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation
.
(b)
(Mil.)
Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service
.
(c)
(Law)
Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done
.
Burrill.
Greenleaf.
–
Smart ticket
,
a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart money.
[Eng.]
Brande & C.
Syn. – Pungent; poignant; sharp; tart; acute; quick; lively; brisk; witty; clever; keen; dashy; showy.
–
Smart
,
Clever
. Smart has been much used in New England to describe a person who is intelligent, vigorous, and active; as, a smart young fellow; a smart workman, etc., conciding very nearly with the English sense of clever. The nearest approach to this in England is in such expressions as, he was smart (pungent or witty) in his reply, etc.; but smart and smartness, when applied to persons, more commonly refer to dress; as, a smart appearance; a smart gown, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Smart

SM'ART

,
Noun.
[This word is probably formed on the root of L. amarus, bitter, that is, sharp.]
1.
Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles; as the smart of bodily punishment.
2.
Severe pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as the smart of affliction.

SM'ART

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To feel a lively pungent pain, particularly a pungent local pain from some piercing or irritating application. Thus Cayeene pepper applied to the tongue makes it smart.
2.
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain; as, to smart under sufferings.
3.
To be punished; to bear penalties or the evil consequences of any thing. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. 11.

SM'ART

, a.
1.
Pungent; pricking; causing a keen local pain; as a smart lash or stroke; a smart quality or taste.
2.
Keen; severe; poignant; as smart pain or sufferings.
3.
Quick; vigorous; sharp; severe; as a smart skirmish.
4.
Brisk; fresh; as a smart breeze.
5.
Acute and pertinent; witty; as a smart reply; a smart saying.
6.
Brisk; vivacious; as a smart rhetorician. Who, for the poor renown of being smart, would leave a sting within a brother's heart?

SM'ART

,
Noun.
A cant word for a fellow that affects briskness and vivacity.

Definition 2024

smärt

smärt

See also: smart, Smart, SMART, and S.M.A.R.T.

Swedish

Adjective

smärt (comparative smärtare, superlative smärtast)

  1. thin, slim, slender
    smärt och smidig
    slender and agile, slim and fit

Declension

Inflection of smärt
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular smärt smärtare smärtast
Neuter singular smärt smärtare smärtast
Plural smärta smärtare smärtast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 smärte smärtare smärtaste
All smärta smärtare smärtaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

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