scoff, flout
(verb) treat with contemptuous disregard; “flout the rules”
jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
(verb) laugh at with contempt and derision; “The crowd jeered at the speaker”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flout (third-person singular simple present flouts, present participle flouting, simple past and past participle flouted)
(transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
(transitive, archaic) To scorn.
• Do not confuse with flaunt.
flout (plural flouts)
The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law.
A mockery or insult.
Source: Wiktionary
Flout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting.] Etym: [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute.]
Definition: To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. Walton. Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron.
Flout, v. i.
Definition: To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.
Flout, n.
Definition: A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
