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Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.

A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]

An Anabaptist or Baptist. [Contemptuous] B. Jonson.

A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]

One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt. South.

disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.

ng bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt. The exposure of Fuller . . . put an end to the practices of that vile tribe. Macaulay.

An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you. Steal! foh, a fico for the phrase. Shak.

An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy. Fuller.

The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt. "A fig for Peter." Shak. Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig. -- Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds. -- Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. "Therefore shall dragons dwe…

To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout. To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. Shak.

A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm. I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house and king. Swift.

To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [Obs.] I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. Beau. & Fl.

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. Walton. Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron.

A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle. Shak.

Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible. A foolish figure he must make. Prior.

sed as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously. A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm! Hayward. Our old English word forsooth has been changed for the French madam. Guardian.

A fig; -- a word of contempt. [Obs.] A foutra for the world and wordlings base! Shak.