| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly.[Websters]
2. In an insulting manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a bantering manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a sporting manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a rallying manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective flouting.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Flouting) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb flout.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flout) | 1. Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules".[Wordnet]. 2. Laugh at with contempt and derision.[Wordnet]. 3. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.[Websters]. 4. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: flouting, flouted, flouts, flouter, flouters, floutingly and floutedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLOUTINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1650. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLOUTINGLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] With flouting; insultingly. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: flout
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To flout | Slang in 1811 | TO FLOUT. To jeer, to ridicule. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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