smarty-pantsadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsmɑːtɪpants/, U.S.

/ˈsmɑrdiˌpæn(t)s/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, smarty-pantses;

Forms: 1900s– smarti-pants, 1900s– smartie-pants, 1900s– smarty-pants.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: smarty adj., pants n.

Etymology: < smarty adj. + pants n.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. adj.

Overly or obnoxiously clever. Also: designating or characteristic of a ‘smarty-pants’ (see sense B.).

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

1932 Commonweal 2 Mar. 502/2 It is strangely out of place in what our college girls might justly dub this ‘smarty-pants’ book.

1938 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 1 Nov. 4/6 The Smarty Pants breed is peculiar to the 20th Century.

1969 Punch 26 Mar. 465/3 Cage Me a Leacock..owed everything—though not, I hope, the smarty-pants title—to Braden's enormous enthusiasm for his subject.

1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 158/3 The smarty-pants youthfulness is very period.

2006 G. Malkani Londonstani xii. 138 It was an arranged shaadi so you had loads a smarty-pants comments bout dinosaur bones and fossils an shit.

B. n.

An overly or obnoxiously clever person, a ‘know-it-all’, a ‘smart alec’. Also as a disparaging form of address; cf. smarty n.

ΘΚΠ

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

clever-boots1847

smarty1847

smart alec1864

clever-clogs1866

clever-sides1886

clever Dick1895

wise guy1896

wisenheimer1904

smarty-pants1935

quiz kid1940

smart apple1940

smarty-boots1950

smart-ass1958

slick1959

clever-sticks1964

smart-arse1965

wise-ass1971

1935 E. H. Heth Some we Loved i. iii. 112 Why, you smarty-pants, so you know it, do you?

1938 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 1 Nov. 4/6 The Smarty Pants is not happily content with crabbing the spotlight for himself—he must kick someone else in the shin while so doing.

1953 M. Dickens No More Meadows vi. 266 [American speaker] He jumped right in with his slick talk... That smarty pants.

1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin viii. 199 Hawkins, Mr. Smartypants, has a little chat.

2004 Parents Jan. 131/1 Your little smarty-pants had something to say about it [sc. picking up his toys]: ‘Why should I? I'm going to play with them after dinner anyway.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smarty-pants
释义	smarty-pantsadj.n. Brit. /ˈsmɑːtɪpants/, U.S. /ˈsmɑrdiˌpæn(t)s/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, smarty-pantses; Forms: 1900s– smarti-pants, 1900s– smartie-pants, 1900s– smarty-pants. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: smarty adj., pants n. Etymology: < smarty adj. + pants n. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. adj. Overly or obnoxiously clever. Also: designating or characteristic of a ‘smarty-pants’ (see sense B.). 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 1932 Commonweal 2 Mar. 502/2 It is strangely out of place in what our college girls might justly dub this ‘smarty-pants’ book. 1938 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 1 Nov. 4/6 The Smarty Pants breed is peculiar to the 20th Century. 1969 Punch 26 Mar. 465/3 Cage Me a Leacock..owed everything—though not, I hope, the smarty-pants title—to Braden's enormous enthusiasm for his subject. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 158/3 The smarty-pants youthfulness is very period. 2006 G. Malkani Londonstani xii. 138 It was an arranged shaadi so you had loads a smarty-pants comments bout dinosaur bones and fossils an shit. B. n. An overly or obnoxiously clever person, a ‘know-it-all’, a ‘smart alec’. Also as a disparaging form of address; cf. smarty n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [noun] clever-boots1847 smarty1847 smart alec1864 clever-clogs1866 clever-sides1886 clever Dick1895 wise guy1896 wisenheimer1904 smarty-pants1935 quiz kid1940 smart apple1940 smarty-boots1950 smart-ass1958 slick1959 clever-sticks1964 smart-arse1965 wise-ass1971 1935 E. H. Heth Some we Loved i. iii. 112 Why, you smarty-pants, so you know it, do you? 1938 Mansfield (Ohio) News Jrnl. 1 Nov. 4/6 The Smarty Pants is not happily content with crabbing the spotlight for himself—he must kick someone else in the shin while so doing. 1953 M. Dickens No More Meadows vi. 266 [American speaker] He jumped right in with his slick talk... That smarty pants. 1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin viii. 199 Hawkins, Mr. Smartypants, has a little chat. 2004 Parents Jan. 131/1 Your little smarty-pants had something to say about it [sc. picking up his toys]: ‘Why should I? I'm going to play with them after dinner anyway.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1932
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