Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little smile; a half-smile; a look of pleasure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A little smile.
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- noun obsolete A little
smile .
Etymologies
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smile + -et? smile + -let?
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Examples
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I'm thinkin 'gin ane o' the bairnies that he took upo ''s knee, -- an' he was ill-pleased wi 'them' at wad hae sheued them awa ', -- gin ane o' them had hauden up his wee timmer horsie, wi 'a broken leg, and had prayed him to work a miracle an' men 'the leg, he wadna hae wrocht a miracle maybe, I daursay, but he wad hae smilet, or maybe lauchen a wee, and he wad hae men't the leg some gait or ither to please the bairnie.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
whichbe commented on the word smilet
A little smile.
July 3, 2008