clever-cleveradj.

Etymology: Reduplicated < clever adj.; compare pretty-pretty adv., n., and adj., etc.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclever-ˈclever.

Anxious to be considered clever; over-clever.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [adjective]

smarty1850

smart alec1877

clever-clever1896

wise guy1920

slick1921

smarty-pants1932

wisenheimer1937

smart-ass1951

smart-assed1957

smart-arsed1962

smarty-boots1962

smart-arse1965

wise-assed1967

wise-ass1971

1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 26 Mar. (1965) I. 617 A good melodrama is a more difficult thing to write than all this clever-clever comedy.

1921 ‘C. Dane’ Bill of Divorcem. iii. 75 Don't be clever-clever, old thing.

1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night i. vi. 43 Had to show off all the time..what clever-clever fellows they were.

Derivatives

ˈclever-ˈcleverness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [noun] > condition of

smart-aleckism1886

smart-aleckry1918

clever-cleverness1957

1957 D. J. Enright Apothecary's Shop 215 We are apt to suffer from the occupational malady of clever-cleverness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	clever-clever
释义	clever-cleveradj. Etymology: Reduplicated < clever adj.; compare pretty-pretty adv., n., and adj., etc.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclever-ˈclever. Anxious to be considered clever; over-clever. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [adjective] smarty1850 smart alec1877 clever-clever1896 wise guy1920 slick1921 smarty-pants1932 wisenheimer1937 smart-ass1951 smart-assed1957 smart-arsed1962 smarty-boots1962 smart-arse1965 wise-assed1967 wise-ass1971 1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 26 Mar. (1965) I. 617 A good melodrama is a more difficult thing to write than all this clever-clever comedy. 1921 ‘C. Dane’ Bill of Divorcem. iii. 75 Don't be clever-clever, old thing. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night i. vi. 43 Had to show off all the time..what clever-clever fellows they were. Derivatives ˈclever-ˈcleverness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [noun] > condition of smart-aleckism1886 smart-aleckry1918 clever-cleverness1957 1957 D. J. Enright Apothecary's Shop 215 We are apt to suffer from the occupational malady of clever-cleverness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1896
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