fleerer

English

Etymology

fleer +‎ -er

Noun

fleerer (plural fleerers)

1. (archaic) Someone who fleers; a grinner or smirker
   • c. 1615–1616, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher, “The Nice Valovr, or, The Passionate Mad-man”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Democritus, thou ancient fleerer, / How I miss thy laugh

References

• “fleerer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.