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smirking, ppl. a.|ˈsmɜːkɪŋ|
[f. smirk v.]
1. That smirks or smiles affectedly; simpering. Said of persons, or their features.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 430 Hine befran ða Decius mid smerciᵹendum muðe. c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) E v, Their smerking paynted chin. 1593Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 7 Some smirking minions are fine fellowes in their owne heades. 1606Drayton Pastorals, Eglog ix, I met a smerking bony lasse, They call her Daffadill. 1673Humours Town 39 This is the wondrous Mystery,—that Smirkin Monsieur wears so many badges of the Ladies Favours. 1753J. Collier Art Torment. ii. iii. (1811) 156 It is easy to guess, my dear, by your smirking countenance, who is expected to-day. 1825Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Sutherl. i. 123 Grace, whose back was turned towards the smirking group, did not perceive this evolution. 1868M. E. Braddon Dead Sea Fr. vi, A smirking young man pounced immediately upon the stranger.
2. Accompanied or characterized by, associated with, a smirk; affected.
1577–82Breton Toyes Idle Head Wks. (Grosart) I. 37/1 The smyrking looke declares a merry minde. 1592Greene Disput. Address p. ii, What amorous glaunces, what smirking Oeyliades. 1676G. Etherege Man of Mode ii. i, He ever had a notable smerking way with him. 1728Young Love of Fame v. 513 Her grizzled locks assume a smirking grace. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 160 The smirking commonplace of his countenance. a1845Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. iii. Ho. Warming (1905) 477 With a sort of smirking, self-satisfied air.
†3. Of wine, etc.: Sparkling. Obs.
1648Herrick Hesp., The Hock-Cart, If smirking Wine be wanting here, There's that, which drowns all care, stout Beere. |