Etymology

flout

F4L1O1U1T1

Today it means: To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action. Full definition →

Middle English flouten
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromflouten“to play the flute”
  2. English todayflout

Perhaps from Middle English flouten (“to play the flute”); compare with Dutch fluiten.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.