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Webster 1913 Edition
Flagrant
Fla′grant
,Adj.
1.
Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
The beadle’s lash still
flagrant
on their back. Prior.
A young man yet
flagrant
from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey.
Flagrant
desires and affections. Hooker.
2.
Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging.
A war the most powerful of the native tribes was
flagrant
. Palfrey.
Syn. – Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See
Atrocious
. Webster 1828 Edition
Flagrant
FLA'GRANT
,Adj.
1.
Burning; ardent; eager; as flagrant desires.2.
Glowing; red; flushed.See Sapho, at her toilet's greasy task,
Then issuing flagrant to an evening mask.
3.
Red; inflamed.The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back.
[The foregoing senses are unusual.]
4.
Flaming in notice; glaring; notorious; enormous; as a flagrant crime.Definition 2024
flagrant
flagrant
English
Alternative forms
- flagraunt (obsolete, rare)
Adjective
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
- 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
- It is certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals we never entertain such an absurdity as that of passive obedience, but make allowances for resistance in the more flagrant instances of tyranny and oppression.
- 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
- (archaic) On fire, flaming.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
obvious and offensive
Etymology 2
From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”)
Adjective
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- (obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
French
Etymology
From Latin flagrantem (present participle of flagrare.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fla.ɡʁɑ̃/
- Homophone: flagrant
Adjective
flagrant m (feminine singular flagrante, masculine plural flagrants, feminine plural flagrantes)
- flagrant
- Cette fois-ci, je vous y prends en plein flagrant délit.