Flout (?), v. 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 standarts lout the pale blue sky.
Byron.
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Flout, v. i.
To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.
Swift.
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Flout, n.
A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn.
Tennyson.
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