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subrision rare.|səˈbrɪʒən|
[ad. L. *subrīsio, -ōnem, n. of action f. subrīdēre to subride.]
The or an act of smiling.
1658Phillips, Subrision, a smiling. 1798in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1799) II. 149 With an amiable subrision of countenance. 1860J. H. Stirling Crit. Ess., Macaulay (1868) 133 In the act of enjoying a gentle subrision.
So suˈbrisive, suˈbrisory adjs., smiling, playful.
1860J. H. Stirling Crit. Ess., Macaulay (1868) 133 The following sentences..if allowed to be subrisory. 1867Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Jan. 1 This..slight glimmer of subrisive irony. 1886G. Allen Darwin i. 9 This half-hearted and somewhat subrisive denial. |