See flout in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1812–1818, Lord Byron, “(please specify |canto=I to IV)”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. , London: John Murray,, stanza 41:",
"text": "Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky.",
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}
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"To scorn."
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"(transitive, archaic) To scorn."
],
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"ipa": "/flʌʊt/",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prenebregvam",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "пренебрегвам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngrán",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "公然藐視"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "miǎoshì",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "藐视、違背"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wéibèi",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "违背"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opovrhovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nedbat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ignorovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "minachten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "veronachtzamen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "uhmata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "halveksia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "pitää pilkkanaan"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "desleixar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "sich hinwegsetzen über"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "missachten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "pfeifen auf"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "semmibe vesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "fittyet hány"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "whakatoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "whakatoitoi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "zlekceważyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "desrespeitar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "fluiera în biserică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prenebregátʹ",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "пренебрега́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "sobreponerse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"raw_tags": [
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"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"tags": [
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"word": "saltarse a la torera"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znevažaty",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "зневажати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nextuvaty",
"sense": "to express contempt for the rules by word or action",
"word": "нехтувати"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadsmivam se",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "надсмивам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podigravam se",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "подигравам се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "藐視"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "miǎoshì",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "藐视、鄙視"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐshì",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "鄙视、不屑"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "bespotten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "halveksia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "pitää pilkkanaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "mépriser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "se moquer de"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "verspotten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "beleidigen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "kigúnyol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "kicsúfol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "megcsúfol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "arcul csap"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "whakatoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "whakatoitoi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "gardzić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "escarnecer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "ridicularizar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasmexatʹsja",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "насмехаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glumitʹsja",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "глумиться"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hluzuvaty",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "глузувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nasmixatysja",
"sense": "to scorn",
"word": "насміхатися"
}
],
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"ref": "2012, John Flowerdew, Discourse in English Language Education, page 97:",
"text": "A flout is when someone deliberately and ostentatiously contravenes a maxim.",
"type": "quote"
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"The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law."
]
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"glosses": [
"A mockery or insult."
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}
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"ipa": "/flʌʊt/",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act by which something is flouted",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Missachtung"
}
],
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}
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