Sekirov Dictionary

fleer

UK /flɪə/US /flɪɚ/

verb 2
noun 1
/ˈfliːə(ɹ)/ noun 1
forms 3

verb2

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(no longer used) To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn
- 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. — 1599
(no longer used) To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

noun1

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(no longer used) Mockery; derision.
- […] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside. — 1720

fleer

/ˈfliːə(ɹ)/

noun1

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One who flees.
- Which fear of the fleers away was no less ignominious, then if[…]they had turned their backs to the enemie. — 1598

forms

fleered · fleering · fleers

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