Definitions for Flout
flaʊtflout

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scoff, floutverb

   treat with contemptuous disregard

   "flout the rules"

2. jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibeverb

   laugh at with contempt and derision

   "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. floutverb

   To express contempt for the rules by word or action.

2. floutverb

   To scorn.

3. Etymology: Perhaps from flouten, to play the flute.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Floutnoun

   A mock; an insult; a word or act of contempt.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   He would ask of those that had been at the other’s table, Tell truly, was there never a flout or dry blow given? Francis Bacon.

   She opened it, and read it out,
   With many a smile and leering flout. Hudibras, p. iii.

   Their doors are barr’d against a bitter flout;
   Snarl, if you please; but you shall snarl without. Dryden.

   How many flouts and jeers must I expose myself to by this repentance? How shall I answer such an old acquaintance when he invites me to an intemperate cup? Edmund Calamy, Serm.

2. To FLOUTverb

   To mock; to insult; to treat with mockery and contempt.

   Etymology: fluyten, Dutch; flouwe, Frisick.

   You must flout my insufficiency. William Shakespeare.

   The Norweyan banners flout the sky,
   And fan our people cold. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   He mock’d us when he begg’d our voices;
   Certainly he flouted us downright. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   She railed at her, that she should be so immodest to write to one she knew would flout her. William Shakespeare.

   Phillida flouts me. Izaak Walton, Angler.

3. To Floutverb

   To practise mockery; to behave with contempt; to sneer.

   Though nature hath given us wit to flout at fortune, hath not fortune sent in this fool to cut off this argument? William Shakespeare.

   With talents well endu’d
   To be scurrilous and rude;
   When you pertly raise your snout,
   Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Jonathan Swift.

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1. flout

   To flout means to openly or defiantly disregard a rule, law, or convention, often showing a lack of respect or making a mockery out of it.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Floutverb

   to mock or insult; to treat with contempt

2. Floutverb

   to practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at

3. Floutnoun

   a mock; an insult

4. Etymology: [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flout

   flowt, v.t. and v.i. to jeer, mock, or insult: to treat with contempt.—n. a mock: an insult.—adv. Flout′ingly, with flouting: insultingly.—n. Flout′ing-stock (Shak.), an object for flouting. [Prob. a specialised use of floute, M. E. form of flute, to play on the flute. So with Dut. fluiten.]

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1. Flout

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Flout in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Flout in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Flout in a Sentence

1. Mike Feuer:

   If they’re going to go through this process, it just cannot be the case that others that flout the rules are allowed to function, it’s bad for those who buy from them, it’s bad for the communities in which they’re located, and again, it threatens to undermine the viability of a system that’s predicated on lawful licensing.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   All Americans should be deeply concerned about the White House’s cynical decision to flout the law and attempt to put the ringleader of its dangerous, anti-consumer protection policies in charge of the CFPB, democrats will be firm in defending the rightful appointment of Leandra English as acting director.

3. Mike Pence:

   I really can't comment on the electronic and technical capabilities of our military, what I can say is that it failed. It was one more provocation by a regime that continues to flout the use of -- and it's got to come to an end.

4. Ken Paxton:

   Judge Samaniego has no authority to flout Gov. Abbott's executive orders by shutting down businesses in El Paso County.

5. Edwin Markham:

   He drew a circle that shut me out -- Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Flout
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flout
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Flout
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Flout
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Flout