Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck. · Work. · Vigorous study at an educational institution.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo study with effort or determination.
From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (“sweat”). More at sweat.
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