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simpered

simpered is the simple past and past participle of simper.

Meaning of simper

Verb

simper (third-person singular simple present simpers, present participle simpering, simple past and past participle simpered)

  1. (intransitive) To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.
    • How the fools kotowed and simpered while I looked over their jewels and speculated upon how much I could get for them!1915, Harold MacGrath, chapter 24, in The Voice In The Fog
  2. (obsolete) To glimmer; to twinkle.
    • Yet can I mark how stars above / Simper and shine.1633, George Herbert, The Search

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Phrases with simpered

Questions about simpered

What is simpered the simple past and past participle of?
Simpered is the simple past and past participle of simper.

Words near simpered in the dictionary

  1. simpatico
  2. simped
  3. Simpelveld
  4. simper
  5. simper out
  6. simpered
  7. simpered out
  8. simperer
  9. simperers
  10. simpering
  11. simpering out

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