Smile

Morpheme

Smile

Type

free base

Denotation

facial expression with the mouth of happiness, pleasure, amusement, or goodwill

Etymology

Middle English smilen; perhaps from Middle Low German *smilen or Scandinavian source

Evidence

aftersmile, besmile, nonsmile, outsmile, smile, smiled, smileful, smileless, smilelike, smiler, smiles, smilet, smiley, smiling

See Also

Smirk