smart

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/smɑɹt/]

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1. smart (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

Example: […] the bodie had no smart / Of any wound: it was the minde that felt the cruell stings.

2. smart (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

Example: Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete, / And counsell mitigates the greatest smart; / Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart.

3. smart (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

Example: […] I reſolved to quit all further Converſation vvith Beaus and Smarts of all kinds, […]

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