单词 | smirkle |
释义 | smirklev. Scottish. intransitive. To smirk or smile.The noun smirkle is also illustrated by Jamieson (1825). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > smile [verb (intransitive)] > simper or smirk smirkc888 simper1546 smirkle?c1590 smirtlea1650 smicker1802 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] > use affected posture or gesture > expression > smile smirkc888 simper1546 smirkle?c1590 smirtlea1650 smilesmirk1922 ?c1590 Knox's Hist. Ref. iv. (Wodrow) II. 409 As this wes said, Ledingtoun smyleit [MS. G. smyrklit], and spak secreitlie to the Quene in hir eare. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 19 The friskier for the flytin', they Gaffaw and smirkle in their play. 1839 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1850) IV. 74 The minister I saw smiling and smerkling, in his own characteristic way, at the more ludicrous passages. Derivatives ˈsmirkling adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > simpering or smirking smirking?1518 simpering1546 smirkling1597 smirky1835 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly smirkingc1000 simpering1546 smirkling1597 smirkish1674 smirkya1758 smickering1930 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae (ed. 2) 925 Experience then smyrkling smyld. 18.. Lord Dunwaters iii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 117 He gave a smirkling smile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.?c1590 |
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