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English Dictionary: flouting by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flout \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 standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron.
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