English Explanatory Dictionary

smartness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
  2. The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
  3. The result or product of being smart.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smartness.wav

Word forms

smartness smartnesses

Etymology

From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”).

Translations

Dutch: leepheid Finnish: fiksuus Greek: εξυπνάδα Hungarian: okosság Irish: innealtacht Irish: tagracht Latin: nitor Malayalam: മിടുക്ക് Portuguese: esperteza Scottish Gaelic: tapadh Serbo-Croatian: до̀мишљато̄ст Serbo-Croatian: dòmišljatōst Spanish: tienta Spanish: minerva
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