FLOUT

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


Etymology

Verb

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.

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with flaunt.

Noun

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



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