FLOUT

flout. Flout, n. mockery, insult; v.t. to mock, to insult

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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.