3 entries under this word

Flout

Flout, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. FLOUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. FLOUTING.] [Cf. Goth. flautan, to boast, vaunt, Eng. flite, to scold, quarrel, and O. D. fluyten, to pipe, lie, flatter.] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. “Phillida flouts me.” Walton. “He flouted us downright.” Shak.

Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. Byron.

Flout, v. i.

verbintransitive

To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; — often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Shak.

Flout, n.

noun

n. A mock; an insult. I could have given my uncle's grace a flout. Shak. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.