Smŭg1, a.
a. [L. Ger. smuck, H. Ger. schmuck, Dan. smuk, O. Sw. smuck, smöck.] Studiously neat or nice; spruce; affectedly nice. “The smug and scanty draperies of his style.” De Quincey.
A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau. & Fl.
Judgment falls asleep upon the bench, while Imagination, like a smug, pert counselor, stands chattering at the bar. Cooper.