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flout

  [flout]
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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 fol. by at).
–noun
3. a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME flouten to play the flute; cf. D fluiten to play the flute, jeer

Related forms:
flouter, noun
flout⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Usage note:
See flaunt.
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Word Origin & History

flout 
1551, perhaps a special use of M.E. flowten "to play the flute" (cf. M.Du. fluyten "to play the flute," also "to jeer").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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