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smicker.

Elegant; fine; attractive, beautiful.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsmɪkə(ɹ)/

  1. Elegant; fine; attractive, beautiful.

    archaic

  2. Amorous; wanton.

    archaic

  3. Handsome; spruce; smart, dapper.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English smiker, from Old English smicer, smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, neat, tasteful”), from Proto-West Germanic *smikr, from Proto-Germanic *smikraz (“fine, elegant, delicate, tender”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, stroke, wipe, rub”). Cognate with Middle High German smecker (“neat, elegant”), Ancient Greek σμικρός (smikrós), μικρός (mikrós, “small, short”), Lithuanian smeigti (“to lunge, thrust, jab”), Latin mīca (“crumb, morsel, bit”). For the verb, compare Swedish smickra (“to flatter, coax, wheedle, butter up”), Danish smigre (“to flatter”).

verb/ˈsmɪkə(ɹ)/

  1. To look amorously or wantonly.

    archaic · intransitive

  2. To look or smile seductively or amorously.

    Scotland · archaic · intransitive

  3. To laugh or smile in a sniggering or leering way; smirk.

    Scotland · archaic · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English smiker, from Old English smicer, smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, neat, tasteful”), from Proto-West Germanic *smikr, from Proto-Germanic *smikraz (“fine, elegant, delicate, tender”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, stroke, wipe, rub”). Cognate with Middle High German smecker (“neat, elegant”), Ancient Greek σμικρός (smikrós), μικρός (mikrós, “small, short”), Lithuanian smeigti (“to lunge, thrust, jab”), Latin mīca (“crumb, morsel, bit”). For the verb, compare Swedish smickra (“to flatter, coax, wheedle, butter up”), Danish smigre (“to flatter”).

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