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Fleer vs Flemer - What's the difference?

fleer | flemer |

As nouns the difference between fleer and flemer

is that fleer is one who flees while flemer is (obsolete) one who, or that which, banishes or expels.

As a verb fleer

is to make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.

fleer

English

Etymology 1

Probably from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål , Jutish Danish flire.

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.
  • * 1599 ,
    • LEONATO. Tush, tush, man! never fleer and jest at me:
    I speak not like a dotard nor a fool,
    As, under privilege of age, to brag
    What I have done being young, or what would do,
    Were I not old.
  • To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
  • * Latimer
    • Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting.

    Etymology 2

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who flees

    • Anagrams

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    flemer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who, or that which, banishes or expels.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)