Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flout"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flout \Flout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flouting}.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D.
fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See {Flute}.]
To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Phillida flouts me. --Walton.
Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flout \Flout\, v. i.
To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to
fleer; -- often with at.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flout \Flout\, n.
A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn.
--Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flout
v 1: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn: {scoff}]
2: laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn:
{jeer}, {scoff}, {barrack}, {gibe}]
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