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simperings

simperings is the plural of simpering.

Meaning of simpering

Noun

simpering (plural simperings)

  1. The act of one who simpers.
    • Well, but Polly attended, as I said; and there were strange simperings, and bowing, and courtesying, between them; the honest gentleman seeming not to know how to let his mistress wait upon him[…]1740, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded

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Questions about simperings

What is simperings the plural of?
Simperings is the plural of simpering.

Words near simperings in the dictionary

  1. simperer
  2. simperers
  3. simpering
  4. simpering out
  5. simperingly
  6. simperings
  7. simpers
  8. simpers out
  9. simpery
  10. simphonies
  11. simphony

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