simpering

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simpering - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Simpering \Sim"per*ing\,
     a. & n. from Simper, v.
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  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.
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              Behold yond simpering dame.           --Shak.
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              With a made countenance about her mouth, between
              simpering and smiling.                --ir. P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     2. To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.]
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              Yet can I mark how stars above
              Simper and shine.                     --Herbert.
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simpering - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "simpering":
     elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exquisite, formalistic,
     goody good-good, goody-goody, mincing, namby-pamby, overnice,
     overprecise, overrefined, pedantic, precieuse, precious, precisian,
     precisianistic, precisionistic, puristic