simper

verb /ˈsɪmpə/

1. To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.

   intransitive

   How the fools kotowed and simpered while I looked over their jewels and speculated upon how much I could get for them!

2. To glimmer; to twinkle.

   obsolete

   Yet can I mark how stars above / Simper and shine.

Where it comes from

Uncertain; compare (probably from) Danish simper / semper (“coy”), German zimper (“elegant, dainty”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry simper (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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