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flagrancy|ˈfleɪgrənsɪ|
[ad. L. flagrantia: see prec. and -ancy.]
1. lit. The quality of being flagrant; glowing or blazing condition. Obs. or arch.
1626Bacon Sylva §722 Lust causeth a Flagrancie in the Eyes. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius 300 So many various stars are beheld supernally in ether, i.e. in the most clear flagrancy of fire.
b. fig.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 240 To draw the modest beauty of a Virgin out of the flagrancy of Harlots. 1650Trapp Clavis To Bible III. 56 So they dyed in the flagrancy of their lust.
2. Of an offence, crime, evil, etc.: Heinousness, enormity, outrageousness.
1714Steele Apol. Pref., Polit. Writ. (1715) 215 The Flagrancy and dangerous Consequence of what was doing. 1760Derrick Lett. (1767) I. 64 A punishment..which was greatly inadequate to the flagrancy of his crime. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. III (1845) II. x. 221 Ministers..were borne down by the flagrancy of the provocation. 1810Bentham Elem. Art of Packing (1821) 245 To do what can be done..towards holding up to view the flagrancy of the disease. |