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smock

/sˈmɒk/SMOK
/sˈmɑk/SMAHK

Meaninggarment

Common meaning: loose outer garment

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishsmoc‘garment’source
  2. Middle Englishsmok‘garment’source
  3. Englishsmock‘loose outer garment’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English smoc ‘garment’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry SMOCK, p. 496 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • smoc Old English “garment”

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