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flagrant
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English
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Etymology 1
From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.
Adjective
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
- 1740, [David Hume], “Of the Measures of Allegiance”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book III (Of Morals), London: […] Thomas Longman, […], →OCLC, part II (Of Justice and Injustice), pages 163–164:
- 'Tis certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals vve never entertain ſuch an abſurdity as that of paſſive obedience, but make allovvances for reſiſtance in the more flagrant inſtances of tyranny and oppreſſion.
- (archaic) On fire; flaming.
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obvious and offensive
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Etymology 2
From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”).
Adjective
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flagrantem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
flagrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural flagrants)
Further reading
- “flagrant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “flagrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “flagrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “flagrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Dutch
Etymology
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Adjective
flagrant (comparative flagranter, superlative flagrantst)
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French
Etymology
From Latin flagrantem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
flagrant (feminine flagrante, masculine plural flagrants, feminine plural flagrantes)
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Further reading
- “flagrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
flagrant (strong nominative masculine singular flagranter, comparative flagranter, superlative am flagrantesten)
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Latin
Verb
flāgrant
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
flagrant m or n (feminine singular flagrantă, masculine plural flagranți, feminine/neuter plural flagrante)
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