smit

British  

/ smɪt /

noun

1. dialect an infection

   he's got the smit

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Etymology

Origin of smit

Old English smitte a spot, and smittian to smear; related to Old High German smiz, whence Middle High German smitz

Example Sentences

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 Clarke, Michael

Here the sown seeds yield Abundant grain that whitens all the field— There the smit corn stands barren on the plain, Thrift reaps the straw and Famine gleans in vain.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose

If e’er Detraction shore to smit you, May nane believe him!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Oh, if these days they keep them free from sin Toward Ilion's conquered shrines and Them within Who watch unconquered, maybe not again The smiter shall be smit, the taker ta'en.

From The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Murray, Gilbert

No wonder, indeed, he was smit with surprize— This empire of Nature was new to their eyes— Cut short in their course by so splendid a scene, Such a region of wonders intruding between!

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip