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smuggery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology tree English smug Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English smuggery From smug + -ery.

smuggeries (plural)

What does smuggery mean?: Smugness; smug behaviour or attitude.
Where does smuggery come from?: Etymology tree English smug Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English smuggery From smug + -ery.

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