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flouteth

flouteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flout.

Meaning of flout

Verb

flout (third-person singular simple present flouts, present participle flouting, simple past and past participle flouted)

  1. (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
    • The manoeuvres of Microsoft and HP appear to comply with the letter of the regulations, even if they flout their spirit.2012 September 29, “Tax alchemy: Tech's avoidance”, in The Economist
    Synonyms:
    fleer, jeer, gird, jibe, scoff, scorn
  2. (archaic, transitive) To scorn.
    • Yet all ' s not worth a pin, But could not get her; Phillida flouts me. Dick had her to the Vine1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...

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Origin of flouteth

flout + -eth

Questions about flouteth

What is flouteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flouteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flout.

Words near flouteth in the dictionary

  1. flouted
  2. flouted at
  3. flouter
  4. flouters
  5. floutest
  6. flouteth
  7. flouting
  8. flouting at
  9. floutingly
  10. floutings
  11. flouts

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