† simperingn.¹

Forms: see simper v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also late Middle English sympring.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simper v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < simper v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare later simmering n.

Obsolete.

Simmering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > action or fact of simmering

simperinga1500

simmering1689

simmer1758

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 1264 To know of the sympring of owre stone.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cremore,..the creame or simpring of milke when it seethes.

1699 G. Harvey Vanities Philos. & Physick iii. 15 A sensible small ebullition or simpering of any natural, or artificial, mixt, or compound liquid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

simperingn.²

Brit.

/ˈsɪmp(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsɪmp(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: see simper v.² and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simper v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < simper v.² + -ing suffix¹.

The action of simper v.²; silly, affected, or self-conscious smiling; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > simpering

simpering1549

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly

simpering1549

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Ciii^v So many waies of nyce simpring, nycer smilyng, nycest goyng.

1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 98 Her look's, her simpring, her woords with curtesye sweetning.

1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xxi Simpring is but a lay-hypocrisie.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 314 Without which Humility is but Baseness,..Modesty but Simpering, Devotion but Hypocrisie.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xx. 126 My mamma's hand was kindly put into his, with a simpering altogether bridal.

1788 F. Burney Let. Jan. in Court Jrnls. & Lett. (2014) III. 83 I saw Mrs. Pepys leaning forward to hear us, with so much smiling & simpering,—that, fearing ill consequences, I turned from him, & began with her.

1831 Museum of Foreign Lit. Mar. 193/1 It grieves us to look upon that scowl upon his brow, which all the simpering of the mouth will not keep down.

1894 Forum July 584 [Co-education] takes the simpering out of the girls—the roughness out of the men.

1935 Times 5 Aug. 8/5 The simperings of a village maiden in a sentimental novel.

1978 Hispanic Rev. 46 16 Good lyric poetry should be limited to simperings over illicit love.

2008 J. McGrath Postsocialist Modernity iv. 100 The adolescent, flirtatious pouting and simpering of the young mistresses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

simperingadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈsɪmp(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsɪmp(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: see simper v.² and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simper v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: < simper v.² + -ing suffix².

1. That simpers or smiles affectedly. Said of a person, facial features, etc. Also applied to a smile or other facial expression. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > simpering or smirking

smirking?1518

simpering1546

smirkling1597

smirky1835

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly

smirkingc1000

simpering1546

smirkling1597

smirkish1674

smirkya1758

smickering1930

1546 S. Gardiner Detection Deuils Sophistrie f. lxxxvi Iesters, railers, rimers, plaiers..& simpering parets, take vpon them to be administratours & officers.

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. D^v With simpering lyps she smyled.

1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine 216 Pacing toward the Queene with a simpering smile, neither presaging mirth nor mourning.

1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. B These pretty, simpring, ietting things, call'd brides.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. D2 Like to a Twi-light, or that simpring Dawn, That Roses shew, when misted o're with Lawn.

a1701 C. Sedley Happy Pair (1702) 14 Whenso'er poor simpering Love peeps in, He's by that boistrous Crowd beat out agen.

1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man Epil. 76 His simpering friends, with pleasure in their eyes, Sink as he sinks.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. v. 71 Young ladies dwindle into mere listeners. Simpering listeners, I confess.

1837 Bentley's Misc. June 586 A simpering smile is still a tradesman's treasure.

1857 W. C. Bryant in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 148 The simpering stream, The fond, delighted, silly stream.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi 503 It is no simpering smile.

1941 Times 10 June 5/4 It really makes no difference to us whether those simpering couples were married yesterday or two months ago.

1986 T. Mo Insular Possession (1996) xv. 150 There hobble out from behind the curtain six simpering courtesans with white faces.

1995 A. Ulanov & B. Ulanov in E. Webb Powers of Being 178 How could you have missed that bending of the knee, that twisting of the hips, that simpering moue?

2015 K. Greenwood Vintage Guide to Love & Romance xvii. 178 I give him a simpering smile.

2. Accompanied by, associated with, or suggestive of simpering; affected, mincing, coy; vacuously cheerful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly > accompanied by

simpering1553

smirking1577

1553 in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obedientia: Oration (new ed.) Pref. Transl. sig. Aviii It were more mete..to serue the stues than to be allowed free accesse with smirking, and pretie sympring chitte chatte amonge honest ladies.

1583 J. Prime Fruitefull & Briefe Disc. ii. 90 M. Stapleton demaundeth thus much..whereunto his own simpering answer is such that it seemeth to burn his lips.

a1627 T. Middleton Women beware Women iii. ii, in 2 New Playes (1657) 151 I had rather hear one Ballad sung..then all these simpering tunes.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 156 The man..walks with a proud and simpring pace.

1709 W. King Misc. Prose & Verse 517 Betty with bridled Chin extends her Face, And then contracts her Lips with simpring Grace.

1760 Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser 26 Nov. He over-does the little simpering he-he-laugh.

1862 W. M. Thackeray Notch on Axe in Roundabout Papers 253 I went on meanly conversing with him, and affecting a simpering confidence.

1908 K. L. Jenner Our Lady in Art p. xxvi The simpering affectation of popular French religious art.

1963 R. Winston & C. Winston tr. H. E. Jacob Felix Mendelssohn & his Times iii. 141 What a simpering tone he manages to project in these few phrases.

2002 Times 12 Sept. (T2 section) 15/3 My Big Fat Greek Wedding will provoke a stream of simpering, treacly Cinderella comedies with ethnic twists.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† simperingadj.²

Forms: 1600s simpering, 1600s–1700s simpring.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simper v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < simper v.¹ + -ing suffix².

Obsolete.

Simmering. Cf. simper v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adjective] > simmering

simpering1635

simmering1673

1635 A. Read Chirurg. Lect. Tumors & Vlcers ii. vi. 120 Oyles,..the Juyce of unripe Grapes, and the Juyce of red Roses, boyled together over a simpering fire untill the Juyces be consumed.

1664 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry II. i. ii. 84 This Bath may be boyling hot, half boyling, simpring, luke-warm, half luke-warm.

1709 T. Hall Queen's Royal Cookery 94 Boil it pretty smartly at first, but afterwards but a simpring or stewing boiling, which must continue seven or eight hours.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

n.¹a1500

n.²1549

adj.¹1546

adj.²1635

单词	simpering
释义	† simperingn.¹ Forms: see simper v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also late Middle English sympring. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simper v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < simper v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare later simmering n. Obsolete. Simmering. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > action or fact of simmering simperinga1500 simmering1689 simmer1758 a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 1264 To know of the sympring of owre stone. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cremore,..the creame or simpring of milke when it seethes. 1699 G. Harvey Vanities Philos. & Physick iii. 15 A sensible small ebullition or simpering of any natural, or artificial, mixt, or compound liquid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online September 2021). simperingn.² Brit. /ˈsɪmp(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪmp(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: see simper v.² and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simper v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < simper v.² + -ing suffix¹. The action of simper v.²; silly, affected, or self-conscious smiling; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > simpering simpering1549 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly simpering1549 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Ciii^v So many waies of nyce simpring, nycer smilyng, nycest goyng. 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 98 Her look's, her simpring, her woords with curtesye sweetning. 1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xxi Simpring is but a lay-hypocrisie. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 314 Without which Humility is but Baseness,..Modesty but Simpering, Devotion but Hypocrisie. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xx. 126 My mamma's hand was kindly put into his, with a simpering altogether bridal. 1788 F. Burney Let. Jan. in Court Jrnls. & Lett. (2014) III. 83 I saw Mrs. Pepys leaning forward to hear us, with so much smiling & simpering,—that, fearing ill consequences, I turned from him, & began with her. 1831 Museum of Foreign Lit. Mar. 193/1 It grieves us to look upon that scowl upon his brow, which all the simpering of the mouth will not keep down. 1894 Forum July 584 [Co-education] takes the simpering out of the girls—the roughness out of the men. 1935 Times 5 Aug. 8/5 The simperings of a village maiden in a sentimental novel. 1978 Hispanic Rev. 46 16 Good lyric poetry should be limited to simperings over illicit love. 2008 J. McGrath Postsocialist Modernity iv. 100 The adolescent, flirtatious pouting and simpering of the young mistresses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). simperingadj.¹ Brit. /ˈsɪmp(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪmp(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: see simper v.² and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simper v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < simper v.² + -ing suffix². 1. That simpers or smiles affectedly. Said of a person, facial features, etc. Also applied to a smile or other facial expression. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > simpering or smirking smirking?1518 simpering1546 smirkling1597 smirky1835 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly smirkingc1000 simpering1546 smirkling1597 smirkish1674 smirkya1758 smickering1930 1546 S. Gardiner Detection Deuils Sophistrie f. lxxxvi Iesters, railers, rimers, plaiers..& simpering parets, take vpon them to be administratours & officers. 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. D^v With simpering lyps she smyled. 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine 216 Pacing toward the Queene with a simpering smile, neither presaging mirth nor mourning. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. B These pretty, simpring, ietting things, call'd brides. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. D2 Like to a Twi-light, or that simpring Dawn, That Roses shew, when misted o're with Lawn. a1701 C. Sedley Happy Pair (1702) 14 Whenso'er poor simpering Love peeps in, He's by that boistrous Crowd beat out agen. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man Epil. 76 His simpering friends, with pleasure in their eyes, Sink as he sinks. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. v. 71 Young ladies dwindle into mere listeners. Simpering listeners, I confess. 1837 Bentley's Misc. June 586 A simpering smile is still a tradesman's treasure. 1857 W. C. Bryant in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 148 The simpering stream, The fond, delighted, silly stream. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi 503 It is no simpering smile. 1941 Times 10 June 5/4 It really makes no difference to us whether those simpering couples were married yesterday or two months ago. 1986 T. Mo Insular Possession (1996) xv. 150 There hobble out from behind the curtain six simpering courtesans with white faces. 1995 A. Ulanov & B. Ulanov in E. Webb Powers of Being 178 How could you have missed that bending of the knee, that twisting of the hips, that simpering moue? 2015 K. Greenwood Vintage Guide to Love & Romance xvii. 178 I give him a simpering smile. 2. Accompanied by, associated with, or suggestive of simpering; affected, mincing, coy; vacuously cheerful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected in looks or gestures > smiling affectedly > accompanied by simpering1553 smirking1577 1553 in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obedientia: Oration (new ed.) Pref. Transl. sig. Aviii It were more mete..to serue the stues than to be allowed free accesse with smirking, and pretie sympring chitte chatte amonge honest ladies. 1583 J. Prime Fruitefull & Briefe Disc. ii. 90 M. Stapleton demaundeth thus much..whereunto his own simpering answer is such that it seemeth to burn his lips. a1627 T. Middleton Women beware Women iii. ii, in 2 New Playes (1657) 151 I had rather hear one Ballad sung..then all these simpering tunes. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 156 The man..walks with a proud and simpring pace. 1709 W. King Misc. Prose & Verse 517 Betty with bridled Chin extends her Face, And then contracts her Lips with simpring Grace. 1760 Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser 26 Nov. He over-does the little simpering he-he-laugh. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Notch on Axe in Roundabout Papers 253 I went on meanly conversing with him, and affecting a simpering confidence. 1908 K. L. Jenner Our Lady in Art p. xxvi The simpering affectation of popular French religious art. 1963 R. Winston & C. Winston tr. H. E. Jacob Felix Mendelssohn & his Times iii. 141 What a simpering tone he manages to project in these few phrases. 2002 Times 12 Sept. (T2 section) 15/3 My Big Fat Greek Wedding will provoke a stream of simpering, treacly Cinderella comedies with ethnic twists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † simperingadj.² Forms: 1600s simpering, 1600s–1700s simpring. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simper v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < simper v.¹ + -ing suffix². Obsolete. Simmering. Cf. simper v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adjective] > simmering simpering1635 simmering1673 1635 A. Read Chirurg. Lect. Tumors & Vlcers ii. vi. 120 Oyles,..the Juyce of unripe Grapes, and the Juyce of red Roses, boyled together over a simpering fire untill the Juyces be consumed. 1664 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry II. i. ii. 84 This Bath may be boyling hot, half boyling, simpring, luke-warm, half luke-warm. 1709 T. Hall Queen's Royal Cookery 94 Boil it pretty smartly at first, but afterwards but a simpring or stewing boiling, which must continue seven or eight hours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹a1500n.²1549adj.¹1546adj.²1635
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