Smicker Definition

Origin of Smicker

• From Middle English smiker, from Old English smicer, smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, neat, tasteful”), from Proto-Germanic *smikraz (“fine, elegant, delicate, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *smēyg- (“small, delicate”), from Proto-Indo-European *smē-, *smey- (“to smear, stroke, wipe, rub”). Cognate with Middle High German smecker (“neat, elegant”), Ancient Greek σμικρός (smikros), μικρός (smikrós, mikrós, “small, short”), Lithuanian smeigti (“to lunge, thrust, jab”), Latin mīca (“crumb, morsel, bit”).

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• For the verb, compare Scots smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”), Swedish smickra (“to flatter, coax, wheedle, butter up”), Danish smigre (“to flatter”).

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