smit

British  

/ smɪt /

noun

1. dialect an infection

   he's got the smit

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Etymology

Origin of smit

Old English smitte a spot, and smittian to smear; related to Old High German smiz, whence Middle High German smitz

Example Sentences

There the steel hisses and the sparks upleap, And clanging anvils, smit with dexterous aim, Groan through the cavern, as their strokes they heap, And restless in the furnace pants the flame.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

He chafes her small white hands and dainty limbs, And, from the well, drops water on her brow; But all in vain—so cold and still she lies, Like living beauty sudden smit with death!

From Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en by Dawson, George Francis

From nature’s birth, hence, wisdom has been smit With sweet recess, and languish’d for the shade.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

As Mr. Fuseli states magniloquently, after his manner, 'he was smit with the love of classic lore, and desired to trace, on dubious vestiges, the haunts of ancient genius and learning.'

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton

Next they are smit with wonder at the black shells of a wagon-load of live lobsters packed in rock-weed for the country-market.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel