smart-aleckyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsmɑːtˌalᵻki/, U.S.

/ˈsmɑrdˈæləki/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smart alec n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < smart alec n. + -y suffix¹.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

Characteristic of a ‘smart alec’; ostentatiously or smugly clever.

ΚΠ

1889 Marion (Ohio) Star 30 Jan. 4/3 A lady must resolve to bear patiently the prying looks and smart-alecky comments if she be brave enough to go down Center street to the postoffice.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. v. 579 I wouldn't have minded so much if he hadn't been so Smart Alecky about it.

1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 6/3 His friends tell him that some of his reviews are too smart-alecky, but this Hoffman denies.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 10 July 8/3 She now writes regularly for New York magazine, though her cautious, measured manner of speaking doesn't seem to fit that magazine's usually brash, smart-alecky tone.

2004 J. Schwartz Troubled Sea 282 One of those new smart alecky auto-everything radios.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smart-alecky
释义	smart-aleckyadj. Brit. /ˈsmɑːtˌalᵻki/, U.S. /ˈsmɑrdˈæləki/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smart alec n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < smart alec n. + -y suffix¹. colloquial (originally U.S.). Characteristic of a ‘smart alec’; ostentatiously or smugly clever. ΚΠ 1889 Marion (Ohio) Star 30 Jan. 4/3 A lady must resolve to bear patiently the prying looks and smart-alecky comments if she be brave enough to go down Center street to the postoffice. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. v. 579 I wouldn't have minded so much if he hadn't been so Smart Alecky about it. 1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 6/3 His friends tell him that some of his reviews are too smart-alecky, but this Hoffman denies. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 10 July 8/3 She now writes regularly for New York magazine, though her cautious, measured manner of speaking doesn't seem to fit that magazine's usually brash, smart-alecky tone. 2004 J. Schwartz Troubled Sea 282 One of those new smart alecky auto-everything radios. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1889
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