different between smerk vs smirk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sm??(?)k/

Noun

smerk (plural smerks)

1. Dated form of smirk.

Verb

smerk (third-person singular simple present smerks, present participle smerking, simple past and past participle smerked)

1. Dated form of smirk.

Adjective

smerk (comparative more smerk, superlative most smerk)

1. (obsolete) smart; jaunty; spruce

   • So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears.

Synonyms

• smerky

Anagrams

• Merks, kmers, merks

English

Alternative forms

• smerk (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English smirken, from Old English smercian, smearcian (“to smile, smirk”), corresponding to smerian + -cian (English -k), the former element from Proto-Germanic *smar?n? (“to mock, scoff at”), and the latter from Proto-Germanic *-k?n?. Compare Middle High German smielen/smieren (“to smile”) ( > obsolete, rare German schmieren).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sm??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sm?k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Noun

smirk (plural smirks)

1. An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful.
2. A forced or affected smile.

   Synonyms: simper, (vulgar) shit-eating grin

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

smirk (third-person singular simple present smirks, present participle smirking, simple past and past participle smirked)

1. To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.

Synonyms

• simper

Translations

Adjective

smirk (comparative more smirk, superlative most smirk)

1. (obsolete) smart; spruce; affected; simpering

   • So smirk, so smooth, his pricked Ears.

Anagrams

• skrim