fleer/flɪə/EtymologyPossibly from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål flire (“to giggle”), Jutish Danish flire.fleer means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nameA surname.nounMockery; derision.“[…] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside.”One who flees.“Which fear of the fleers away was no less ignominious, then if[…]they had turned their backs to the enemie.”verbTo make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn“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.“In the time of popery, before the gospel came amongst us, we went to burials with weeping and wailing, as though there were no God: but since the gospel came unto us, I have heard say, that in some places they go with the corses grinning and flearing, as though they went to a bear-baiting;[…]”