fleer
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
noun
verb
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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
Vocabulary lists containing fleer
Example Sentences
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Fetch me my rapier, boy:—what, dares the slave Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?
From Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, William
O he has doen him to his ha' To make him bierly cheer, An' in it came a griesly ghost Steed stappin' i' the fleer.
From Poetry of the Supernatural by Various
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
For, fleer as aliens would, this was the Awakening of the Red Dragon.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
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
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