subrident

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English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Late Latin subrīdēns, subrīdentem (“smiling”), from Latin subrīdeō (“to smile”).[1][2]

    Adjective

    subrident (comparative more subrident, superlative most subrident)

    1. (literary, rare) Characterized by a smile; smiling.
      • 1980, Philip Howard, Words Fail Me, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1981, →ISBN, page 44:
        In 1852 a correspondent to Notes and Queries recalled having heard many years before (as usual from somebody whose name he had forgotten) that the Cheshire Cat owed its origin to the unhappy attempts of a sign-painter of that county to represent a lion rampant, which was the crest of an influential family, on the sign-boards of many of the inns. The lion was presumably depicted heraldically subrident.

    References

    1. ^ “subrident, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
    2. ^ “subrident”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

    Latin

    Verb

    subrīdent

    1. third-person plural present active indicative of subrīdeō
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