flagrant

• flagraunt (obsolete, rare)

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪɡɹənt

From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.

flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)

1. 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.

2. (archaic) On fire; flaming.

• (obvious and offensive): blatant, glaring
• (on fire): burning, flaming

• in flagrante delicto, in flagrant delict

From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”).

flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)

1. (obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.

Borrowed from Latin flagrantem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fləˈɣɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fləˈɣɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [flaˈɣɾant]

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flagrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural flagrants)

1. flaming, burning
2. flagrant, blatant

• “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, 2026
• “flagrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “flagrant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Borrowed from French flagrant, from Latin flagrāns.

• IPA^(key): /flaːˈɣrɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: fla‧grant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

flagrant (comparative flagranter, superlative flagrantst)

1. flagrant, blatant (obvious and offensive)

From Latin flagrantem.

• IPA^(key): /fla.ɡʁɑ̃/

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flagrant (feminine flagrante, masculine plural flagrants, feminine plural flagrantes)

1. flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious, evident

   C'est flagrant. ― It stares you in the face.

• “flagrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Latin flagrant.

• IPA^(key): [flaˈɡʁant]

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flagrant (strong nominative masculine singular flagranter, comparative flagranter, superlative am flagrantesten)

1. flagrant

• “flagrant” in Duden online
• “flagrant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

flāgrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of flāgrō

Borrowed from French flagrant.

flagrant m or n (feminine singular flagrantă, masculine plural flagranți, feminine/neuter plural flagrante)

1. flagrant