单词 | smart-aleckry |
释义 | smart-aleckryn. colloquial (originally U.S.). Behaviour characteristic of a ‘smart alec’; ostentatious or smug cleverness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [noun] > condition of smart-aleckism1886 smart-aleckry1918 clever-cleverness1957 1918 Unpopular Rev. July–Sept. 110 Gilbert, ‘versifier’ and master of ‘smart-aleckry’ though it seems he was, as measured by a recent standard. 1926 G. J. Nathan House of Satan 6 Ripples of smart-aleckry. 1958 Spectator 5 Sept. 306/2 Brouhaha remains a hodgepodge of smartaleckry aimed..at the intellectual teddy-boy set. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 247/5 The various lists in the book have an air of Christmas competition-setting smart-aleckry. 2001 I. McEwan Atonement 94 No need for Freudian smart-aleckry—the explanation was simple and mechanical—the innocuous letter was lying across figure 1236. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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