smit

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/smɪt/

verb

To infect.

OriginDutch Smid →
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Meanings

smit1

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of smitt.

smit2

verbsmit (third-person singular simple present smits, present participle smitting, simple past and past participle smitted)

present singular third person smits · participle present smitting · participle past smitted · past smitted

  1. UKdialectalobsoletetransitiveTo infect.
nounsmit (plural smits)

plural smits

  1. UKdialectalobsoleteAn infection.
  2. UKdialectalobsoleteA stain.

smit3

verb
  1. obsoleteparticiplepastraresimple past and past participle of smite

    smit with the beauty of so fair a scene

    1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC
    2 more examples

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

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    Gray not only saved his money, but being suddenly smit with the desire to rise, also studied his profession, and he is now mate and part owner of a fine full-rigged ship, married besides, and the father of a family.

    1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Smit4

proper nounSmit (plural Smits)

plural Smits

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Origin

smit · verb, noun

See smittle.

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Smit · proper noun

  1. DutchSmid
  2. EnglishSmit

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with smit

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Anagrams

miststimTims
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APA

smit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smit

MLA

“smit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smit.

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