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Smit

//smɪt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Dutch.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of smitt. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    An infection. UK, dialectal, obsolete
  3. 3
    A stain. UK, dialectal, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To infect. UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of smite form-of, obsolete, participle, past, rare

    "Ne yeelded foote, ne once abacke did flit, But, being doubly smitten, likewise doubly smit"

Etymology

Etymology 1

See smittle.

Etymology 2

See smittle.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dutch Smid, from smid (“smith”). Doublet of Smith and Schmidt.

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