smartness
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smartness
Where it comes from
From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”).
noun smartnesses
- The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- The state or quality of being smart in appearance. The station buildings at Oxton and Lauder have been repainted, and a general air of smartness prevails, marred only by some broken signal spectacles.
- The result or product of being smart.
Translations
Talk about this word "smartness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/smartness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. smartness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/smartness "smartness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/smartness.Cite this
@misc{smartness_2026,
title = {smartness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smartness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
