smicker

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

smile

😄

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsmɪkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: smiker

Inherited from Old English: smicer

Cognate with Middle High German: smecker

Cognate with Ancient Greek: σμικρός

Cognate with Lithuanian: smeigti

Cognate with Latin: mīca

Cognate with Swedish: smickra

Cognate with Danish: 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”).