simperern.
/ˈsɪmp(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈsɪmpərər/ A person who simpers or smiles affectedly.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > one who smiles > one who simpers or smirks
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly > person
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1673 J. Dryden Assignation iii. i. 23 An eater of Fragments, a Simperer at lower end of a Table.
1769 T. Nevile Imit. Juvenal 11 A simp'rer, that a court affords.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake v. 222 Well the simperer might be vain.
1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 216 I know what courtly simperers will think and say..of this..style of writing.
1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. vii. 116 Those self-engrossed simperers should yet be startled out of their follies.
1928 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times 13 Mar. 7/3 Just watch the stag line congregate about the stupid one, the simperer, and the purrer, if she has blue eyes and golden curls and a shapely leg!
1965 Hudson Rev. 18 573 There are two large contingents of mouthers and simperers.
2015 Spectator (Nexis) 7 Nov. She's a typical pre-war simperer in a scarlet frock who dances attendance on her husband.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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