smarmy

Significado (Inglés)

  1. Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
  2. (dated, rare) Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade.

Traducciones

geschniegelt und gebügelt

υποκριτικός

αυτάρεσκος

κόλακας

راضٍ عَن نَفْسِه

راضٍ

Frecuencia

46k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈsmɑː.mi/
Etimología (Inglés)

From smarm + -y. Apparently coined by "B.R.L., of Brighton" with sense "saying treacly things which do not sound genuine" in a competition for neologisms in The Academy (London) published on 14 January 1899.

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