Smicker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsmɪkə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Smicker is an adjective meaning (intransitive, archaic) To look amorously or wantonly.
Meaning
(intransitive, archaic) To look amorously or wantonly.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To look or smile seductively or amorously.
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To laugh or smile in a sniggering or leering way; smirk.
- (archaic) Elegant; fine; attractive, beautiful.
- (archaic) Amorous; wanton.
- (archaic) Handsome, spruce; smart, dapper.
Example Sentences
[…] Maskall, must you be smickering after wenches, while I am in calamity?
A smicker boy, a lither swain, Heigh ho, a smicker swain, That his love was wanton fain, […]
I gave him a questioning look and he hurled a pillow at me. “Who you a look pon^([sic]) so?” “Me baby father” He smickered.
No, his deep-reaching spirit could not brook The fond addiction to such vanity; Regardful of his honour he forsook The smicker use of court-humanity.
Word Forms
- smikker
- smickers
- smickering
- smickered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include smilish, fine-looking, specious, smiley, smart, beautied.
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