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Definition of Flouted
1. flout [v] - See also: flout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flouted
Literary usage of Flouted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"... Inspectors flouted ... 26 1. System of Inspectors of Customs at Shanghai
successful . 3. American merchants urge abolition ; English generally support . ..."
2. Diary of Iohn Evelyn, Esq., F.R.S.: To which are Added a Selection from His by John Evelyn (1906)
"They have a deadly hatred to the French, so that some of our company were flouted
at for wearing red ..."
3. Our Northern Domain: Alaska, Picturesque, Historic and Commercial . by Nathan Haskell Dole (1910)
"... flouted GIFT. THE fairy-godmother, in the old folk-story, brings the new-born
infant a crooked coin, even more than insignificant in appearance ; but it ..."
4. The World as Imagination (series I) by Edward Douglas Fawcett (1916)
"The logical order of the categories flouted. is the result of struggle, and cannot
be said, therefore, to have been implicit in (A). ..."
5. Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6. And a by John Evelyn (1871)
"They have a deadly hatred to the French, so that some our company were flouted
at for wearing red ..."
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