smatter
verb (used with object)
to speak (a language, words, etc.) with superficial knowledge or understanding.
smatterer
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a word derived from
smatter.
Example Sentences
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Walpole described “Mr. Fenn of East Dereham in Norfolk” as “a smatterer in antiquity, but a very good sort of man.”
From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter
Now Chilperic must have learned to speak Latin like other kings of the Franks, and was a smatterer in several kinds of literature.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
The veriest smatterer in political economy cannot but perceive the ruinous tendency of such a measure.
From Thoughts on African Colonization by William Lloyd Garrison
Walpole described 'Mr. Fenn of East Dereham in Norfolk' as 'a smatterer in antiquity, but a very good sort of man.'
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter
"But she's trivial, a smatterer, a decadent—" "And handsome," laughed Ballard.
From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by George Gibbs
