- past tense form of smite.
smit
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of smit
Old English smitte a spot, and smittian to smear; related to Old High German smiz, whence Middle High German smitz
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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 Nathaniel Hawthorne
Iris answered: "Go thou to the trench, and show thyself To them of Troy, that, haply smit with fear, They may desist from battle."
From The Story of Troy by Michael Clarke
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 Dutton Cook
"Dear lassie," he cried, "I am smit wi' your charms, Consent but to marry me now, I 'm as good as ever laid hair upon thairms, An' I 'll cheer baith the fiddle an' you."
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
“Then when you’ve smit your rector on one cheek you quote the Bible to make him think he ought to turn his overcoat also.”
From Hepsey Burke by Frank N. (Frank Noyes) Westcott
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