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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 byat ).

noun

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

flout

/ ڱʊ /

verb

  1. 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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Confusables Note

See flaunt.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • flouter noun
  • floutingly adverb
  • unflouted adjective
  • ˈڱdzܳپԲ adverb
  • ˈڱdzܳٱ noun
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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"This prosecution is believed to be the first of its kind, and the CPS will not hesitate to bring criminal charges against individuals who flout the law in this way."

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In some cases these are flouted, according to Beth Harris, head of financial crime at the FCA.

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Trump's proclamation accused Harvard of developing "extensive entanglements" with foreign countries and continuing to "flout the civil rights of its students and faculty".

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In January 1977, desperate for money to finance a heroin deal, he flouted KGB instructions and appeared unannounced outside the Soviet Embassy.

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The choices of Libya and Rwanda — rather than, for example, Canada or France — can only be read as an intentional and open flouting of that prohibition.

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