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flouted
We have found lemma(root) word of flouted : flout.
Definitions
[flaʊt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention)
(e.g: the advertising code is being flouted)
- mock; scoff
(e.g: the women pointed and flouted at her)
Phrases:
Origin
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mid 16th century: perhaps from Dutch fluiten ‘whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision)’; German dialect pfeifen auf, literally ‘pipe at’, has a similar extended meaning
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