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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLEER

v.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

v.t.to mock; to flout at.

 

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.

 

FLEERER

n.a mocker; a fawner.

 

FLEERING

ppr. Deriding; mocking; counterfeiting an air of civility.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLEER

FLEER Fle "er, n.

 

Defn: One who flees. Ld. Berners.

 

FLEER

Fleer, [imp. & p. p. Fleered (; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleering. ] Etym: [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr, Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre, vlarre, a wide wound. ]

 

1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout. To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. Shak.

 

2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs. ] Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting. Latimer.

 

FLEER

FLEER Fleer, v. t.

 

Defn: To mock; to flout at. Beau. & Fl.

 

FLEER

FLEER Fleer, n.

 

1. A word or look of derision or mockery. And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn. Shak.

 

2. A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs. ] A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. South.

 

FLEERER

FLEERER Fleer "er, n.

 

Defn: One who fleers. Beau. & Fl.

 

FLEERINGLY

FLEERINGLY Fleer "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a fleering manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fleer

fleer |ˈfli (ə )r ˈflɪər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary laugh impudently or jeeringly: he fleered at us. ▶noun archaic an impudent or jeering look or speech. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian and Swedish dialect flira ‘to grin. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

fleer

fleer |flɪə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary laugh impudently or jeeringly. ▶noun archaic an impudent or jeering look or speech. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian and Swedish dialect flira ‘to grin ’.