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verb (used with object)
1.
to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
verb (used without object)
2.
to show disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff, mock, or gibe (often followed by at).
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noun
3.
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | flout1 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to treat with contempt and disregard |
| Etymology: | Middle English flouten 'to play the flute' |
| Usage: | transitive |
| Main Entry: | flout2 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to mock, scoff |
| Etymology: | Middle English flouten 'to play the flute' |
| Usage: | intransitive |
| Main Entry: | flout |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | mockery, scoffing |
| Etymology: | Middle English flouten 'to play the flute' |
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Word Origin & History
flout
1550s, perhaps a special use of M.E. flowten "to play the flute" (cf. M.Du. fluyten "to play the flute," also "to jeer"). Related: Flouted; flouting.
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