smilet

English

Etymology

Noun

smilet (plural smilets)

(obsolete) A little smile.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
  Those happy smilets that played on her ripe lip

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “smilet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

mistle

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /smiːløt/, [ˈsmiːˀlətˢ]
Rhymes: -iːlət

Noun

smilet

definite singular of smil

Verb

smilet

past participle of smile

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

smilen

Noun

smilet n or m

definite neuter singular of smil

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

smilen

Noun

smilet n or m

definite neuter singular of smil

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