Fleers vs Flyers - What's the difference?
fleers | flyers |
(fleer)
To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe.
* 1599 ,
To grin with an air of civility; to leer.
* Latimer
As verbs the difference between fleers and flyers
is that fleers is third-person singular of fleer while flyers is third-person singular of flyer.As a noun flyers is
plural of lang=en.fleers
English
Verb
(head)fleer
English
Etymology 1
Probably from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål , Jutish Danish flire.Verb
(en verb)- 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.
- Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting.
