English Explanatory Dictionary

smile-smirk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To smile while smirking.
noun
  1. An instance of smile-smirking; a combined smile and smirk.

Word forms

smile-smirk smile-smirks smile-smirking smile-smirked

Etymology

Compound of smile + smirk. Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in his 1922 novel Ulysses (see quotation below).

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