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flout

[ flout ]

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)

  1. to show disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff, mock, or gibe (often followed by at ).

noun

  1. a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.

flout

/ ڱʊ /

verb

  1. whenintr, usually foll by at to show contempt (for); scoff or jeer (at)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

See flaunt
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Confusables Note

See flaunt.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱdzܳپԲ, adverb
  • ˈڱdzܳٱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ڱdzܳİ noun
  • ڱdzܳiԲ· adverb
  • ܲ·ڱdzܳĻ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flout1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English flouten “to play the flute” ( flute ); compare Dutch fluiten “to play the flute, talk smoothly, soothe, blandish, impose upon, jeer”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flout1

C16: perhaps from Middle English flouten to play the flute, from Old French flauter compare Dutch fluiten ; see flute
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Example Sentences

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Traders are counting their losses as Tanzania clamps down on people trying to flout a ban on goods from neighbouring Malawi in an escalating regional trade row.

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He had been suspended for flouting weight regulations, stripped of his informants and demoted to monitoring wiretaps.

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The new pope appeared determined to flout protocol at almost every opportunity.

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Anyone who flouts the new rules may face enforcement that includes a fine, equipment being seized or their licence being taken off them, a Westminster City Council spokesperson said.

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"They deliberately flouted this Court's...order," Boasberg wrote, noting that Trump admin representatives offered "no convincing reason" for their conduct in weeks of hearings.

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