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Webster 1913 Edition

Flout

Flout

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flouted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flouting
.]
[OD.
fluyten
to play the flute, to jeer, D.
fluiten
, fr.
fluit
, fr. French. See
Flute
.]
To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Phillida
flouts
me.
Walton.
Three gaudy standards
flout
the pale blue sky.
Byron.

Flout

,
Verb.
I.
To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; – often with at.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and
flout
.
Swift.

Flout

,
Noun.
A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this
flout
and scorn.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flout

FLOUT

,
Verb.
T.
To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Phillida flouts me.
He flouted us downright.

FLOUT

,
Verb.
I.
To practice mocking; to sneer; to behave with contempt.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.

FLOUT

,
Noun.
A mock; an insult.

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