The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117463 Message #2530667
Posted By: maeve
03-Jan-09 - 03:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is smugness a terminal disease?
Subject: RE: BS: Is smugness a terminal disease?
From American Heritage Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary:
"...from Low German 'smuck', neat, smooth, sleek, from Middle German...'smucken', to adorn."