What is to inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively. I could be content to be a little sneared at. Pope called?
sneer — To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively. I could be content to be a little sneared at. Pope. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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