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Definition of Flouter
1. Noun. Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Derivative terms: Flout, Flout, Jeer, Mock, Mock, Scoff, Scoff
Definition of Flouter
1. n. One who flouts; a mocker.
Definition of Flouter
1. Noun. A person who flouts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flouter
1. one that flouts [n -S] - See also: flouts
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flouter
Literary usage of Flouter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"flouter (flout-ur).—A flutter. I was in a. fouler when I heard that th' bank hed
... flouter, *.—To flutter. FLOWERING, FLOWERS.—The paste ornaments on the ..."
2. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"To plash and beat water about with violence, as boys frequently do when bathing.
Hants. flouter.s. ... To flouter, ra To frighten. North. FLOW, adj. ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"... condemn the world of folly, deserve to be mocked, are as giddy-headed, and
lie as open as any other. e Democritus, that common flouter of ..."
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