smicker
/ˈsmɪkə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "A smicker boy, a lither swain, Heigh ho, a smicker swain, That his love was wanton fain, […]"
- "[…] Maskall, must you be smickering after wenches, while I am in calamity?"
- "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."
Etymology
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”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: smiker, smicer, *smikr, *smikraz, *smey-
Usage
Inflected Forms
more smicker (comparative)
most smicker (superlative)
smikker (alternative, Scotland)
smickers (present, singular)
smickering (participle, present)
smickered (participle, past)
smickered (past)