Flagrant
11Flagrant — Flagrant, lat. deutsch, brennend; heftig; eben geschehend oder geschehen; in flagranti, auf der That …
12flagrant — (adj.) c.1500, resplendent, from L. flagrantem (nom. flagrans) burning, blazing, glowing, figuratively glowing with passion, eager, vehement, prp. of flagrare to burn, blaze, glow from L. root *flag , corresponding to PIE *bhleg to shine, flash,… …
13flagrant — [adj] flaunting, blatant; without shame arrant, atrocious, awful, bare faced*, bold, brazen, capital, conspicuous, crying, disgraceful, dreadful, egregious, enormous, flagitous, flaming, flashy*, glaring, grody*, gross*, hanging out*, heinous,… …
14flagrant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ conspicuous; blatant. DERIVATIVES flagrancy noun flagrantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin flagrare blaze …
15flagrant — [flā′grənt] adj. [L flagrans, prp. of flagrare, to flame, blaze < IE base * bhleg , to shine, burn > BLACK] 1. glaringly bad; notorious; outrageous 2. Archaic flaming; blazing SYN. OUTRAGEOUS flagrantly adv …
16flagrant — flagrancy, flagrance, flagrantness, n. flagrantly, adv. /flay greuhnt/, adj. 1. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error. 2. notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender. 3. Archaic. blazing, burning,… …
17flagrant — adjective Etymology: Latin flagrant , flagrans, present participle of flagrare to burn more at black Date: 1513 1. archaic fiery hot ; burning 2. conspicuously offensive < flagrant errors >; especially so obviously inconsistent with what is right …
18flagrant — fla•grant [[t]ˈfleɪ grənt[/t]] adj. 1) shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error[/ex] 2) notorious; scandalous: a flagrant offender[/ex] 3) archaic blazing, burning, or glowing • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L… …
19flagrant — blatant, flagrant 1. Blatant was, invented late in the 16c by the poet Spenser as an epithet of a thousand tongued monster in The Faerie Queene. It now means ‘glaringly conspicuous’, and overlaps in meaning with flagrant but has rather less of… …
20flagrant — fla|grant [ˈfleıgrənt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: flagrare to burn ] a flagrant action is shocking because it is done in a way that is easily noticed and shows no respect for laws, truth etc flagrant abuse/violation/breach etc ▪… …