smicker

== English == === Alternative forms === smikker (Scotland) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsmɪkə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) === Adjective === smicker (comparative more smicker, superlative most smicker) (archaic) Elegant; fine; attractive, beautiful. Amorous; wanton. Handsome; spruce; smart, dapper. === Verb === smicker (third-person singular simple present smickers, present participle smickering, simple past and past participle smickered) (intransitive) (archaic) To look amorously or wantonly. (chiefly Scotland) To look or smile seductively or amorously. (chiefly Scotland) To laugh or smile in a sniggering or leering way; smirk. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Emricks, Remicks == Swedish == === Etymology === Deverbal from smickra. === Noun === smicker n flattery (usually insincere to gain favor) Synonym: smörande ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== smickra smickrare === References === “smicker”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “smicker”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “smicker”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)