LEER


Meaning of LEER in English

1. v. & n.

--v.intr. look slyly or lasciviously or maliciously.

--n. a leering look.

Derivatives:

leeringly adv.

Etymology: perh. f. obs. leer cheek f. OE hleor, as though 'to glance over one's cheek' 2.var. of LEHR.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.