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Webster 1913 Edition

Smicker

Smick′er

,
Verb.
I.
[Akin to Sw.
smickra
to flatter, Dan.
smigre
, and perhaps to G.
schmeicheln
, and E.
smile
. Cf.
Smicker
,
Adj.
]
To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.

Smick′er

,
Adj.
[AS.
smicere
tasteful, trim. See
Smicker
,
Verb.
]
Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Smicker

SMICK'ER

,
Verb.
I.
To smerk; to look amorously or wantonly.

Definition 2024

smicker

smicker

English

Adjective

smicker ‎(comparative more smicker, superlative most smicker)

  1. Elegant; fine; gay.
    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. — John Ford.
  2. Amorous; wanton.
  3. Spruce; smart.
    A smicker boy, a lither swain, Heigh ho, a smicker swain, That his love was wanton fain, [...] — Lodge.

Verb

smicker ‎(third-person singular simple present smickers, present participle smickering, simple past and past participle smickered)

  1. (intransitive) To look amorously or wantonly;

Derived terms

Etymology

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 ‎(smikrós), μικρός ‎(mikrós, “small, short”), Lithuanian smeigti ‎(“to lunge, thrust, jab”), Latin mīca ‎(“crumb, morsel, bit”).

For the verb, compare Scots , Swedish smickra ‎(“to flatter, coax, wheedle, butter up”), Danish smigre ‎(“to flatter”).

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