Word of the Day for Monday, August 20, 2012

simper \SIM-per\, verb:
1. To smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
2. To say with a simper.
noun:
1. A silly, self-conscious smile.

It was more a simper than a smile; a pleased, self-satisfied simper.
-- John L'Heureux, "A Woman Run Mad"

The women Sam usually dates simper and flutter and hang on his every word.
-- Kristine Rolofson, "Pillow Talk"

Simper is derived from the Danish word sippe, which referred to a woman who sipped her drink in an affected manner.

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