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单词 smart-aleckry
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smart-aleckryn.

Brit. /ˈsmɑːtˌalᵻkri/, U.S. /ˈsmɑrdˌæləkri/
Forms: see smart alec n. and adj. and -ry suffix. Also with capital initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smart alec n., -ry suffix.
Etymology: < smart alec n. + -ry suffix. Compare earlier smart-aleckism n.
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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