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Webster 1913 Edition
Flout
Flout
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flouted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flouting
.] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Phillida
flouts
me. Walton.
Three gaudy standards
flout
the pale blue sky. Byron.
Flout
,Verb.
I.
To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; – often with at.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and
flout
. Swift.
Flout
,Noun.
A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this
flout
and scorn. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flout
FLOUT
,Verb.
T.
Phillida flouts me.
He flouted us downright.
FLOUT
,Verb.
I.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.
FLOUT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
flout
flout
English
Verb
flout (third-person singular simple present flouts, present participle flouting, simple past and past participle flouted)
- To express contempt for the rules and law by (word or action).
- 2012, The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Tax alchemy: Tech's avoidance
- The manoeuvres of Microsoft and HP appear to comply with the letter of the regulations, even if they flout their spirit.
- 2012, The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Tax alchemy: Tech's avoidance
- To scorn.
- Walton
- Phillida flouts me.
- Byron
- Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky.
- Walton
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with flaunt.
Translations
to express contempt for the rules by word or action
|
to scorn
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Noun
flout (plural flouts)
- The act by which something is flouted.
- 2012, John Flowerdew, Discourse in English Language Education (page 97)
- A flout is when someone deliberately and ostentatiously contravenes a maxim.
- 2012, John Flowerdew, Discourse in English Language Education (page 97)