What does "simper" mean?
Simper: To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.] Yet can I mark how stars above Simper and shine. Herbert.
Additional senses
- 2.A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk. The conscious simper, and the jealous leer. Pope.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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