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Definition of Smicker
1. v. i. To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.
2. a. Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce.
Definition of Smicker
1. Adjective. Elegant; fine; gay. ¹
2. Adjective. Amorous; wanton. ¹
3. Adjective. Spruce; smart. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To look amorously or wantonly; smirk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smicker
1. to look amorously [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smicker
Literary usage of Smicker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"smicker, to assume amorous and affected airs in behaviour, to smile conceitedly.
Smirk is a kindred word, both in sound and meaning. ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"smirking, gay, Peele, Eclogue Gratulatory, 4 (ed. Dyce, 561). Cp. the obsolete
Scotch smicker, to smile affectedly, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Kersey has, " to smicker, to look amorously or wantonly ;" and Mr. Todd has ...
Regardful of his honour, he forsook The smicker use of court humanity. turd. ..."
4. Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age by Arthur Henry Bullen (1891)
"A smicker' boy, a lither swain, Heigh ho, a smicker swain, That in his love was
wanton fain, With smiling looks straight came unto her. ..."
5. Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age by Arthur Henry Bullen (1891)
"A smicker ' boy, a lither swain, Heigh ho, a smicker swain, That in his love was
wanton fain, With smiling looks straight came unto her. ..."
6. Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age by Arthur Henry Bullen (1901)
"A smicker' boy, a lither swain, Heigh ho, a smicker swain, That in his love was
wanton fain, With smiling looks straight came unto her. ..."
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