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Smicker

Smicker \Smick"er\, v. i. [Akin to Sw. smickra to flatter, Dan. smigre, and perhaps to G. schmeicheln, and E. smile. Cf. Smicker, a.] To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.

Smicker

Smicker \Smick"er\, a. [AS. smicere tasteful, trim. See Smicker, v.] Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce. [Obs.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
smicker

"elegant, fine, gay," from Old English smicere "neat, elegant, beautiful, fair, tasteful." Hence smicker (v.) "look amorously" (1660s); smickering "an amorous inclination" (1690s).

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smicker
  1. 1 elegant; fine; gay. 2 amorous; wanton. 3 spruce; smart. v

  2. (context intransitive English) To look amorously or wantonly; smirk.

Usage examples of "smicker".

Some weeks after that they were walking behind Smicker in the corridor when his pen fell out of a hole in the bottom of hisbag.

Ogre backed the car into the road and turned it with a wet smicker of tires.