All 3 Uses
flout
in
A Grace Given in Sorrow, translated by Fitzgerald
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- He is no madman, no blind brute, nor one to flout the gods, but dutiful toward men who beg his mercy.†
*flout = openly disregard
- He is no madman, no blind brute, nor one to flout the gods, but dutiful toward men who beg his mercy.†
- Then, calling to the women slaves, Akhilleus ordered the body bathed and rubbed with oil— but lifted, too, and placed apart, where Priam could not see his son—for seeing Hektor he might in his great pain give way to rage, and fury then might rise up in Akhilleus to slay the old king, flouting Zeus' word.†
flouting = openly disregarding
Definitions:
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(1)
(flout) to openly disregard -- typically a law, rule, or custom
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)