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Webster 1913 Edition
Fleer
Fleer
,Verb.
T.
To mock; to flout at.
Beau. & Fl.
Fleer
,Noun.
1.
A word or look of derision or mockery.
And mark the
fleers
, the gibes, and notable scorn. Shakespeare
2.
A grin of civility; a leer.
[Obs.]
A sly, treacherous
fleer
on the face of deceivers. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fleer
FLEER
,Verb.
I.
1.
To deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; as, to fleer and flout.Covered with an antic face,
To fleer and scorn at our soleminity.
2.
To leer; to grin with an air of civility.A teacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.
FLEER
,Verb.
T.
FLEER
, n.1.
Derision or mockery, expressed by words or looks.And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns.
2.
A grin of civility.A treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers.
Definition 2024
fleer
fleer
English
Pronunciation
Verb
fleer (third-person singular simple present fleers, present participle fleering, simple past and past participle fleered)
- To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 1
- 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.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- [I]n short, sneering and fleering at him in her cold barren way[.]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 1
- To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
- Latimer
- Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting.
- Latimer
Translations
to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfliːə(r)/
- Rhymes: -iːə(r)
Noun
fleer (plural fleers)
- one who flees
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ld. Berners to this entry?)