subrision

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Late Latin subrisio (“smile”), from Latin subrīdeō (“to smile”).[1]

    Noun

    subrision (uncountable)

    1. (literary, rare) An act of smiling.
      • 1783 August, The European Magazine, and London Review, volume IV, London: […] John Fielding, page 110:
        My Lycoris ſeeming to conceive the full force of this paſſionate diſtich with an amiable ſubriſion of countenance led me forward to a ſpot at no great diſtance called the iſland.

    References

    1. ^ “subrision, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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