simper
pronunciation
How to pronounce simper in British English:
UK [ˈsɪmpə(r)]
How to pronounce simper in American English:
US [ˈsɪmpɚ]
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- Verb:
- smile affectedly or derisively
Word Origin
- simper (v.)
- 1560s, "to smile in an affected and silly way," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (such as dialectal Danish semper "affected, coy, prudish") or Middle Dutch zimperlijk "affected, coy, prim," of unknown origin. Related: Simpered; simpering. As a noun, 1590s, from the verb.
Example
- 1. The girl blushed and started to stutter and simper .
- 2. How long should we simper like this ?
- 3. " Oh , I couldn 't do that ! " , She said with a simper .
- 4. The two bennet girls simper at the handsome young soldiers .
- 5. The result showed that dry holothuria arenicola simper contained more protein , the next is water .