swot

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
  2. verb study intensively, as before an exam

Etymology

From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (“sweat”). More at sweat.

In classic literature

Synonyms

grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb

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