smicker英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To look amorously or wantonly. archaic,intransitive

— […] Maskall, must you be smickering after wenches, while I am in calamity?
To look or smile seductively or amorously. Scotland,intransitive
To laugh or smile in a sniggering or leering way; smirk. Scotland,intransitive

— I gave him a questioning look and he hurled a pillow at me. “Who you a look pon^([sic]) so?” “Me baby father” He smickered.

形容词 adj.

Elegant; fine; attractive, beautiful. archaic

— No, his deep-reaching spirit could not brook The fond addiction to such vanity; Regardful of his honour he forsook The smicker use of court-humanity.
Amorous; wanton. archaic
Handsome, spruce; smart, dapper. archaic

— A smicker boy, a lither swain, Heigh ho, a smicker swain, That his love was wanton fain, […]

词形变化

more smicker comparative most smicker superlative smikker alternative,Scotland smickers present,singular,third-person smickering participle,present smickered participle,past smickered past smikker alternative,Scotland

词汇关系

衍生词

smickering smickly

词源

词源 1

From Middle English smiker, from Old English smicer, smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, neat, tasteful”), from Proto-West Germanic *smikr, 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 (smikrós), μικρός (mikrós, “small, short”), Lithuanian smeigti (“to lunge, thrust, jab”), Latin mīca (“crumb, morsel, bit”).
For the verb, compare Swedish smickra (“to flatter, coax, wheedle, butter up”), Danish smigre (“to flatter”).

词源 2

From Middle English smiker, from Old English smicer, smicor (“beauteous, beautiful, elegant, fair, fine, neat, tasteful”), from Proto-West Germanic *smikr, 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 (smikrós), μικρός (mikrós, “small, short”), Lithuanian smeigti (“to lunge, thrust, jab”), Latin mīca (“crumb, morsel, bit”).
For the verb, compare Swedish smickra (“to flatter, coax, wheedle, butter up”), Danish smigre (“to flatter”).