fleer
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of fleer1
1350–1400; Middle English flerien (v.) < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian flire a grin
Origin of fleer2
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at flee, -er 1
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Example Sentences
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He is rather inclined to fleer at any pretension to American club life of earlier date.
From Fifth Avenue by Maurice, Arthur Bartlett
The reader who studies every line should not fleer at him who studies not at all.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
And cannot I likewise, when time serves, and company is disposed to be kindly affected with it, smile and fleer as takingly?
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
But there, you will, and your sisters will have something to fleer and jeer at then, and your father will purr in my face, and spit and swear behind my back.
From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by Fenn, George Manville
Ah! would you fleer me! his lordship among revellers! oh! the blest prodigy! well, well, I give no promise, mark; but should a certain damsel lack a partner, adod.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
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