fleering

English

Verb

fleering

present participle and gerund of fleer

Noun

fleering (plural fleerings)

(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.

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Freeling

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