A fantastic word. When used in the
King James Bible sense, it means to
kill, to
beat, to
incinerate, to
maim, to strike repeatedly with
lightning bolts, to
fold,
spindle,
and mutilate all at once. The (modern) object of a smiting is usually a younger
sibling, although
cats and
roommates are common victims as well. Perfect to use because threatening to smite someone means that they're definitely going to be
dead, or wish that they were, but the exact
means by which this will be carried out is unspecified.
Examples of proper usage:
- "Oh, and Chris? If you even think about opening my bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups while I'm gone, I'm going to smite you into next week, okay?"
- "I'm going to smite that little troll and the 486 he rode in on if I ever see him in here again."
Also has lots of really cool
past tenses, including (according to
Webster 1913)
smit,
smote,
smoth,
smitten,
smoten, and
smut.