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Definitions
excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
Word origin
The noun is attested since 1914, from the colloquial verb smalm, smarm (“to smear, bedaub (hair, with pomade)”), attested since 1847, of unknown origin, perhaps somehow suggestive of the action. Verbal meaning "to smear with flattery" is from 1902.
Used in a sentence
“He rose ... on his wife's fortune and judicious smarming of powerful people.”
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