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Flaunt/flout redux
Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown in the towel" and now list flaunt/flout as synonyms. Could someone tell me which dictionaries do this? I have approx 10 dictionaries and none of them treat them as synonyms.
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[nq:1]Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown in the towel" and now list flaunt/flout as synonyms. Could someone tell me which dictionaries do this? [/nq] Collins makes a usage note that flaunt is "sometimes wrongly used" for flout , but in my book acknowledging that they're used that way doesn't constitute listing them as synonyms.
- [nq:1]Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown in the towel" and now list flaunt/flout as synonyms.
- Could someone tell me which dictionaries do this?
- [/nq] Collins makes a usage note that flaunt is "sometimes wrongly used" for flout , but in my book acknowledging that they're used that way doesn't constitute listing them as synonyms.
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[nq:1]Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown in the towel" and now list flaunt/flout as synonyms. Could someone tell me which dictionaries do this? I have approx 10 dictionaries and none of them treat them as synonyms.[/nq]
Collins makes a usage note that flaunt is "sometimes wrongly used" for flout , but in my book acknowledging that they're used that way doesn't c
Collins makes a usage note that flaunt is "sometimes wrongly used" for flout , but in my book acknowledging that they're used that way doesn't c
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[nq:1]Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown in the towel" and now list flaunt/flout as synonyms. Could someone tell me which dictionaries do this? I have approx 10 dictionaries and none of them treat them as synonyms.[/nq]
garner is just being (typically) hyperbolic here. i don't think there's any dictionary that lists them as synonyms. but a number of dictionaries
garner is just being (typically) hyperbolic here. i don't think there's any dictionary that lists them as synonyms. but a number of dictionaries
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[nq:1]On 06 Nov 2004, howard richler wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown ... 10 dictionaries and none of them treat them as synonyms.[/nq]
[nq:1]Collins makes a usage note that flaunt is "sometimes wronglyused" for flout , but in my book acknowledging that they're used thatway doesn't constitute listing them as synonyms.[/nq]
COD9 says "s
[nq:2]Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown ... 10 dictionaries and none of them treat them as synonyms.[/nq]
[nq:1]Collins makes a usage note that flaunt is "sometimes wronglyused" for flout , but in my book acknowledging that they're used thatway doesn't constitute listing them as synonyms.[/nq]
COD9 says "s
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The distinction between flaunt and flout is moot.
Ron Hardin
On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
Ron Hardin
On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
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It's never used the other way round (flout mistakenly used for flaunt), though, is it? If it is, I've never come across it. I'm wondering why not.
Katy Jennison
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Katy Jennison
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[nq:2]Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown ... 10 dictionaries and none of them treat them as synonyms.[/nq]
[nq:1]garner is just being (typically) hyperbolic here. i don't think there's any dictionary that lists them as synonyms. but a ... causes garner to excoriate MWDEU: dammit, they should be stamping it out, not sympathetically explaining why people use it! a
[nq:1]garner is just being (typically) hyperbolic here. i don't think there's any dictionary that lists them as synonyms. but a ... causes garner to excoriate MWDEU: dammit, they should be stamping it out, not sympathetically explaining why people use it! a
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[nq:1]The distinction between flaunt and flout is moot.[/nq]
Or maunt.
Or maunt.
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[nq:1]Garner's Modern Eng Usage says that some dictionaries "have thrown in the towel" and now list flaunt/flout as synonyms. Could someone tell me which dictionaries do this? I have approx 10 dictionaries and none of them treat them as synonyms.[/nq]
From MWCD11:
Main Entry:flaunt
transitive verb
2 : to treat contemptuously flaunted the rules ? Louis *** Although tran
From MWCD11:
Main Entry:flaunt
transitive verb
2 : to treat contemptuously flaunted the rules ? Louis *** Although tran
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[nq:1]While MWCD11 does not formally list "flout" and "flaunt" as synonyms, the definitions it gives for a transitive sense of ... : SCORN " For "flaunt": "to treat contemptuously "[/nq]
If you had quoted the full entries, rather than cherry-picking, you would have noted that the "flaunt" definition is the last one given, hence the most recent. (That it's backed by an Untermeyer quote is indee
If you had quoted the full entries, rather than cherry-picking, you would have noted that the "flaunt" definition is the last one given, hence the most recent. (That it's backed by an Untermeyer quote is indee
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[nq:2]While MWCD11 does not formally list "flout" and "flaunt" as ... treat contemptuously "[/nq]
[nq:1]If you had quoted the full entries, rather than cherry-picking, you would have noted that the "flaunt" definition is the ... (That it's backed by an Untermeyer quote is indeed surprising; didn't he write usage guides? wasn't he on "usage panels"?)[/nq]
I'm surprised at your response. It
[nq:1]If you had quoted the full entries, rather than cherry-picking, you would have noted that the "flaunt" definition is the ... (That it's backed by an Untermeyer quote is indeed surprising; didn't he write usage guides? wasn't he on "usage panels"?)[/nq]
I'm surprised at your response. It
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