Origin of smart
before 1050; (v.) Middle English
smerten, Old English
-smeortan (only in the compound
fyrsmeortende painful like fire), cognate with Old High German
smerzan (German
schmerzen); (adj.) Middle English
smerte, smart quick, prompt, sharp, orig., biting, smarting, late Old English
smearte, akin to the v.; (adv. and noun) Middle English
smerte, derivative of the adj.
OTHER WORDS FROM smart
Words nearby smart
smaragd,
smaragdine,
smaragdite,
smarm,
smarmy,
smart,
smart aleck,
smart as a whip,
smart ass,
smart bomb,
smart card
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British Dictionary definitions for smart (1 of 2)
Derived forms of smart
smartish, adjective smartly, adverb smartness, nounWord Origin for smart
Old English
smeortan; related to Old High German
smerzan, Latin
mordēre to bite, Greek
smerdnos terrible
British Dictionary definitions for smart (2 of 2)
Smart
/ (smɑːt) /
noun
Christopher. 1722–71, British poet, author of A Song to David (1763) and Jubilate Agno (written 1758–63, published 1939). He was confined (1756–63) for religious mania and died in a debtors' prison