Both Uses of
flout
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man, That I did never, no, nor never can Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye, But you must flout my insufficiency?†
Scene 2.2 *flout = openly disregard
- — Why will you suffer her to flout me thus?†
Scene 3.2
Definition:
to openly disregard -- typically a law, rule, or custom