Etymograph

English

simagre

Simagre comes from French simagrée ‘playacting’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsimagrée1‘playacting’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1717simagre1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English simagre
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1717, Catcott, Book XIII: “Now in the crystal stream he looks, to try…”.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsimagréeWiktionary, English simagre‘playacting’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1717simagreWiktionary, English simagre. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1717, Catcott, Book XIII: “Now in the crystal stream he looks, to try…”

Every English word from French simagrée

Today it means

noun A grimace.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “simagre”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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