SIMPAI
Sim"pai, n.Etym: [Malay simpei.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of
Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are
fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white.
Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpæ.
SIMPER Sim"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simpered; p. pr. & vb. n. Simpering.] Etym: [Cf. Norw. semper fine, smart, dial. Dan. semper, simper, affected, coy, prudish, OSw. semper one who affectedly refrains from eating, Sw. sipp finical, prim, LG. sipp.]
1. To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner. Behold yond simpering dame. Shak. With a made countenance about her mouth, between simpering and smiling. ir. P. Sidney.
2. To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.] Yet can I mark how stars above Simper and shine. Herbert.
SIMPER
Sim"per, n.
Defn: A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile;
a smirk.
The conscious simper, and the jealous leer. Pope.
SIMPERER
Sim"per*er, n.
Defn: One who simpers. Sir W. Scott.
A simperer that a court affords. T. Nevile.
SIMPERING
Sim"per*ing, a. &. n.