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smet.

a stain, a blemish

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/smɛt/
  1. a stain, a blemish

    feminine · masculine
  2. an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure

    feminine · figuratively · masculine
  3. infection

    feminine · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch smette, smitte, from Old Dutch *smitta, from Proto-West Germanic *smittā. Cognate with English smit, English smut, German Schmitz and German Schmutz.

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