simper
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simper¹
- /ˈsɪmpə/ UK
- /ˈsɪmpɚ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɪmpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Uncertain; compare (probably from) Danish simper / semper (“coy”), German zimper (“elegant, dainty”).
verb simpers · simpering · simpered
- To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner. How the fools kotowed and simpered while I looked over their jewels and speculated upon how much I could get for them!
- To glimmer; to twinkle. Yet can I mark how stars above / Simper and shine.
noun simpers
- A foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, or affected smile; a smirk. Yes, another world it was, when these black ruins, white in their new mortar and fresh chiselling, first saw the sun as walls, long ago. Gauge not, with thy dilettante compasses, with that placid dilettante simper, the Heaven's—Watchtower of our Fathers, the fallen God's—Houses, the Golgotha of true
Simper²
Where it comes from
Variant of Semper.
proper noun Simpers
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
verb To smile in a frivolous manner
| Español | sonreírse afectadamente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 傻笑 shǎxiào |
| Français | minauder |
| Deutsch | verschmitzt lachen |
noun frivolous smile
| Español | sonrisa afectada |
|---|---|
| Français | minauderie, sourire affecté |
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title = {simper},
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