"Smitten" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Overwhelmed with emotion, especially love or infatuation.
Example: She was smitten with her new boyfriend.
Smithies is a surname, but it can also refer to:<br><br>1. A person who mechanically presses torn or broken metal into shape.<br>2. A person with the skills of blacksmithing.<br>3. As an affectionate term, a smithy (a person who works with metal, especially emphasizing a high level of craftsmanship) is sometimes simply referred to as a "smithie".<br><br>It is often used as a colloquial or affectionate term for a carpenter or machinist, as in a furniture maker.
The suffix "-ii" is a common Latin order used to form the name of a species or sub-species when it is a distinct variety of a genus.<br><br>"Smithii" is a specific epithet, a noun or adjective name that denotes a taxonomic classification in biology.<br><br>The word "Smithii" means "of or pertaining to Smith" and it is often used in scientific names of species or subspecies that were named after Sir Joseph Barnard Smith, a British botanist.<br><br>In biology, the word "Smithii" is used to specify a species, subspecies or geographic race that was described or identified by Sir Joseph Smith, such as Gymnodoryctus smithii (a parasitoid wasp) or Lysimachia smithii (a flowering plant).
The name "Smithsonian" refers to the Smithsonian Institution, a trust museum and research center in Washington, D.C., United States. It is a non-profit educational institution that was founded in 1846 in bequest from British scientist James Smithson, who died without heirs and bequeathed his fortune to the United States to create an establishment "wherein Science and the Arts can be promoted and encouraged."<br><br>The term "Smithsonian Institution" is often shortened to "Smithsonian," which is also the name of many of its museums and galleries located along the National Mall in Washington, D.C. These museums include the National Museum of Natural History, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of American History, and many others.<br><br>Overall, the Smithsonian Institution is a world-renowned center for scientific research, education, and culture, with a wide range of collections, exhibits, and educational programs that are open to the public.
A type of severe air pollution characterized by a mixture of smoke and fog, typically caused by the burning of fossil fuels, industrial activities, and vehicle emissions.