fleering

English

Verb

fleering

1. present participle and gerund of fleer

Noun

fleering (plural fleerings)

1. (obsolete) scorn; derision
   • c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:

     Your private whispers and your broad fleerings.

Derived terms

• fleeringly

Anagrams

• Freeling