All 5 Uses of
flout
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- The Southern Baptist Mission League gave us this hint, without coming right out and telling us to flout the law of the forty-four pounds, and from there we made our plan.†
Chpt 1flout = openly disregard
- He warned Mother not to flout God's Will by expecting too much for us.†
Chpt 1 *
- I was shocked and frightened to see her flout Father's authority, but truthfully, I could feel something similar moving around in my own heart.†
Chpt 3
- Father informed her that God showed no mercy upon those who flouted their elders, and that he, Reverend Price, had washed his hands of her moral education.†
Chpt 4flouted = openly disregarded
- One mouth closed on a spoon meant two crying empty, feathers flying, so I dashed back and forth like a mother bird, flouting nature's maw with a brood too large.†
Chpt 5flouting = openly disregarding
Definitions:
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(1)
(flout) to openly disregard -- typically a law, rule, or custom
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus