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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
leer/lɪə(r)/
▶verb look or gaze in a lascivious or unpleasant way. ▶noun a lascivious or unpleasant look.
– derivatives
leering adjective,
leeringly adverb.
leering adjective,
leeringly adverb.
– origin C16 (in the general sense ‘look sideways or askance’): perh. from obs. leer ‘cheek’, from OE hlēor.
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