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smartassery

noun

Etymology

From smartass + -ery.

  1. derived from *(s)merd-✻
  2. inherited from *smertaną✻
  3. inherited from *smertan✻
  4. inherited from *smeortan✻
  5. inherited from smerten
  6. suffixed as smartass — “smart + ass”
  7. suffixed as smartassery — “smartass + ery”

Definitions

  1. The behaviour of a smartass.

    • 'Is that the best you can do with all your big-talk smartassery? Aspirin?' Harold stuffed his hands into his pockets and looked at her miserably, accepting the rebuke.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA