| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  smûrk |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: smirked, smirk·ing, smirks
To smile in an affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner. | | NOUN: | An affected, often offensively self-satisfied smile. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English smirken, from Old English smercian, to smile. See smei- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | smirk er —NOUN
smirking·ly, smirki·ly —ADVERB
smirky —ADJECTIVE
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