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2 definitions found 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [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" [syn: {crying(a)}, {egregious}, {glaring}, {gross}, {rank}]
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