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Thread #125865   Message #2792924
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Dec-09 - 01:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
Subject: RE: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
flout (OED)
-a mocking speech or action
-a watercourse
-a truss of straw
-to play on the flute
-to mock, jeer, insult
-to behave with disdain
-to ruffle (feathers). Erroneous [but established among some birders].

flout (Webster's Collegiate 1996, 10th ed.)
-to treat with contemptuous regard, to scoff.
"see flaunt."

flout (Webster's Third New International)
-to treat with contempt: mock, insult
-to quote or say sarcastically: sneer, fleer

-to play the flute