What does "fleer" mean?
Fleer: To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout. To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.] Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting. Latimer.
- 3.To mock; to flout at. Beau. & Fl.
- 4.A word or look of derision or mockery. And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn. Shak.
- 5.A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.] A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. South.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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