flout
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flout /flaʊt/
▶verb
- 1 openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).
- 2 archaic mock; scoff.
– origin C16: perh. from Du. fluiten ‘whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision)’.
usage: On the confusion of flout with flaunt, see flaunt.
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