| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules".[Wordnet]
2. Laugh at with contempt and derision.[Wordnet] 3. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.[Websters] 4. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.[Websters] 5. Base verb from the following inflections: flouting, flouted, flouts, flouter, flouters, floutingly and floutedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. A mock; an insult.[Websters]. | |
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Date "flout" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Specialty Definition: flout
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. He flouted us downright.. | 2: [Verb] To practice mocking; to sneer; to behave with contempt. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] To express contempt for the rules by word or action. (references) | 2: [Verb] To scorn. (references) | |
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Specialty Expressions: flout
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To flout | Slang in 1811 | TO FLOUT. To jeer, to ridicule. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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