smirkishadj.
rare.
Smiling, pleasant; somewhat smirky or simpering.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > simpering or smirking > somewhat
smirkish1674
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge Ep. Ded. Tickled into such a laughing briskness, and fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness.
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 368 The fair Naiads, comfortably fat, and most invitingly smirkish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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