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The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.
(obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
* De Quincey
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) To make smug, or spruce.
* Dryton
As a letter x
is the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x
is voiceless velar fricative.As an adjective smug is
irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.As a verb smug is
(obsolete|transitive) to make smug, or spruce.x
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)Etymology 1
Letter
See also
(Latn-script)Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbonesDerived terms
* XXXSee also
{{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }}smug
English
Adjective
(smugger)- Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
- They be so smug and smooth.
- the smug and scanty draperies of his style
- A young, smug , handsome holiness has no fellow.
Synonyms
* self-satisfied * complacentDerived terms
* smugly * smugnessVerb
(smugg)- Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.