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English Dictionary: flagrant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for flagrant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flagrant adj conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" Synonym(s): crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flagrant \Fla"grant\, a. [L. flagrans, -antis, p. pr. of flagrate to burn, akin to Gr. [?]: cf. F. flagrant. Cf. {Flame}, {Phlox}.] 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. 3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked. Syn: Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See {Atrocious}.