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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Simper  \Sim"per\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Simpered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Simpering}.]  [Cf.  Norw.  semper  fine,  smart,  dial.  Dan. 
  semper,  simper,  affected,  coy,  prudish,  OSw.  semper  one  who 
  affectedly  refrains  from  eating,  Sw  sipp  finical,  prim,  LG 
  sipp.] 
  1.  To  smile  in  a  silly,  affected,  or  conceited  manner. 
 
  Behold  yond  simpering  dame.  --Shak. 
 
  With  a  made  countenance  about  her  mouth,  between 
  simpering  and  smiling.  --ir.  P. 
  Sidney. 
 
  2.  To  glimmer;  to  twinkle.  [Obs.] 
 
  Yet  can  I  mark  how  stars  above  Simper  and  shine. 
  --Herbert. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Simper  \Sim"per\,  n. 
  A  constrained,  self-conscious  smile;  an  affected,  silly 
  smile;  a  smirk. 
 
  The  conscious  simper,  and  the  jealous  leer.  --Pope. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  simper 
  v  :  smile  affectedly  or  derisively  [syn:  {smirk}]




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