flout
[ flout ]
/ flaʊt /
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verb (used with object)
to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
verb (used without object)
to show disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff, mock, or gibe (often followed by at).
noun
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Origin of flout
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English flouten “to play the flute” (see flute); compare Dutch fluiten “to play the flute, talk smoothly, soothe, blandish, impose upon, jeer”
words often confused with flout
See flaunt.
OTHER WORDS FROM flout
flouter, nounflout·ing·ly, adverbun·flout·ed, adjectiveWords nearby flout
flourishing, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth, floury, flout, flow, flowage, flowback, flow breccia, flow chart
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British Dictionary definitions for flout
flout
/ (flaʊt) /
verb
(when intr, usually foll by at) to show contempt (for); scoff or jeer (at)
Derived forms of flout
flouter, nounfloutingly, adverbWord Origin for flout
C16: perhaps from Middle English flouten to play the flute, from Old French flauter compare Dutch fluiten; see flute
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See flaunt
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