FLOUTS

Verb

flouts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flout

Anagrams

• FLOTUS, Loftus

Source: Wiktionary


FLOUT

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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