swot

Meanings

Verb

• To study with effort or determination (object of study indicated by "up on").

Noun

• One who swots.
• By extension, analogous to boffin, nerd, smart aleck. Often pejorative.
• Work.
• Vigorous study at an educational institution.

Origin

• From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-. More at sweat.