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Definition of Flagrant
1. Adjective. Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. "Rank treachery"
Definition of Flagrant
1. a. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
Definition of Flagrant
1. Adjective. Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) On fire, flaming. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) (misspelling of fragrant) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flagrant
1. extremely or deliberately conspicuous [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagrant
Literary usage of Flagrant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Evans 1957 worked out a distinction between blatant and flagrant ... The conspicuousness
denoted by both blatant and flagrant is almost always of an ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"flagrant. Der. flagitious-ly, -ness. FIX, to bind, fasten. .... ^f Perhap for
flac-men = he who burns the sacrifice ; see flagrant. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"He was unable to remedy the flagrant evils in the administration of the navy,
more especially as they were largely caused by want of money ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"filial piety towards Herbert has betrayed Vaughan into frequent and flagrant
imitations.—GUINEY, LOUISE IMOGEN, 1894, Henry Vaughan, A Little English ..."
5. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"... are the pretexts for this flagrant attempt? The same that were urged by the
scrivener, John Blunt, in favor of his South Sea bubble—and by the gambler, ..."
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