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countersmile

noun

Etymology

From counter- + smile.

  1. derived from *smey-✻ — “to laugh, be glad, wonder”
  2. derived from *smilāną✻ — “to smile”
  3. derived from *smilēn✻
  4. derived from smielēn
  5. derived from smielen
  6. derived from *smîlen✻ — “to smile”
  7. inherited from smilen — “to smile”
  8. prefixed as countersmile — “counter + smile”

Definitions

  1. A smile in response to another person's smile.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA