archaic smile

noun Fine Arts.

a conventional representation of the mouth characterized by slightly upturned corners of the lips, found especially on Greek sculpture produced prior to the 5th century b.c.

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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Origin of archaic smile

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby archaic smile

archaeozoic, archaezoology, archaic, archaic homo, archaic homo sapiens, archaic smile, archaism, archaize, archangel, archbanc, archbishop
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