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smirk

  [smurk]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
–noun
2. the facial expression of a person who smirks.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME smirken (v.), OE sme(a)rcian

Related forms:
smirker, noun
smirk⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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smirk   (smûrk)   
intr.v.   smirked, smirk·ing, smirks
To smile in an affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner.
n.  An affected, often offensively self-satisfied smile.

[Middle English smirken, from Old English smercian, to smile; see smei- in Indo-European roots.]
smirk'er n., smirk'ing·ly, smirk'i·ly adv., smirk'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

smirk  (v.)
O.E. smearcian "to smile." No exact cognates in other languages, but perhaps related to smerian "to laugh at" (see smile (v.)). The noun is first recorded c.1560.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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