fleer

Meaning

1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn
2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
3. Mockery; derision.
4. One who flees.
5. A surname.

Etymology / origin

Possibly from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål flire (“to giggle”), Jutish Danish flire.

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