smicker

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Elegant; fine; attractive, beautiful.
2. Amorous; wanton.
3. Handsome, spruce; smart, dapper.

Verb

1. To look amorously or wantonly.
2. To look or smile seductively or amorously.
3. To laugh or smile in a sniggering or leering way; smirk.

Sinonieme

smile

😄

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsmɪkə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: smiker

Geërf van Old English: smicer

Verwante met Middle High German: smecker

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: σμικρός

Verwante met Litaus: smeigti

Verwante met Latyn: mīca

Verwante met Sweeds: smickra

Verwante met Deens: smigre

In summary

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *smēyg- (“small, delicate”), from Proto-Indo-European *smē-, *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”).