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Smug
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. Dryton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim. They be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia). The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.