Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flout \Flout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Flouting}.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D.
   fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See {Flute}.]
   To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

         Phillida flouts me.                      --Walton.

         Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron.