fleering

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noun

scorn; derision

Scrabble 12
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fleer
nounfleering (plural fleerings)

plural fleerings

  1. obsoletescorn; derision

    Your private whispers and your broad fleerings.

    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

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Freeling
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APA

fleering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleering

MLA

“fleering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fleering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleering.

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