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Definition of 'fleer'English
Etymology 1
Probably from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål , Jutish Danish flire.
Verb
( en-verb)
To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.
* 1599 ,
- LEONATO. Tush, tush, man! never fleer and jest at me:
- I speak not like a dotard nor a fool,
- As, under privilege of age, to brag
- What I have done being young, or what would do,
- Were I not old.
To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
* Latimer
- Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting.
Etymology 2
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