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smileproof

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English

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Etymology

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From smile +‎ -proof.

Adjective

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smileproof (comparative more smileproof, superlative most smileproof)

  1. (informal, rare) Unable to be charmed by a smile.
    • 2012, Tom Holt, You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps:
      Another smile. If ever they got around to inventing the smileproof vest, a smile like that would present a very substantial challenge.
    • 2016, Gladys Malvern, Curtain Going Up!: The Story of Katharine Cornell:
      The Personage, his face schooled to stoniness, never under any circumstances responded to the smile—these were superior and smileproof beings.