flagrantadj.
/ˈfleɪɡr(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈfleɪɡrənt/ 1. † b. Of a fluid: Fiery, hot. Hence, in flagrant blood, opposed to in cold blood at cold blood n. Obsolete.
a. literal. Blazing, burning, flaming, glowing. archaic.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > of the nature of or resembling flame > flaming or blazing
lighteOE
burningc1000
blazingc1400
flamingc1400
flagranta1513
flammigerous1592
bright-burning1594
flameful1605
flamant1607
aflame1698
lowing1720
lunting1786
blazy1838
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. ii. sig. n.iiv Torches were caried on eche syde flagrant.
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis viii. 161 His mother snatcht it..Out of the fire; and quencht the flagrant brand.
1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. iv. iii, in Wks. 82 There appear'd..a Fire... It was Clear and Flagrant.
1814 R. Southey Roderick v. 10 Round the crackling hearth, Where heath and cistus gave their flagrant flame.
1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 352 Forthwith burst The flagrant lightnings.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [adverb]
impetuously1485
in flagrant blood1614
thick and threefold1627
head-foremost1697
hot-headedly1777
head first1839
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > off one's guard [phrase] > rashly or recklessly
at all adventure (also adventures)1485
in flagrant blood1614
over shoes, over boots1653
neck or nothing1814
as if there were no tomorrow1847
(like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1957
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > scalding hot
scalding?c1225
scalding hota1387
scald-hotc1425
flagrant1614
sharp1742
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. viii. §1. 88 The Lacedæmonians..would in cold bloud performe what the Athenians did vsually in flagrant.
1676 J. Beal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 588 More sober allayers of thirst, than their Flagrant kill devil.
c. figurative.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree > excessive in degree
unmeasurablea1398
dismeasurec1400
dismeasurable1477
dismeasured1483
over1494
endlya1513
intolerable1544
wide1574
overloading1576
unconscionable1576
meanless1587
powerable1588
hyperbolical1589
extravagant1598
grievous1632
flagrant1634
exorbitant1648
overbearinga1708
unbalanced1712
well-favoured1746
steep1856
thick1884
ripe1918
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 108 Quenching his flagrant thirst at the streame.
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 274 They, who to others seemed flagrant in their tongues, had Ice congealed in their frozen hearts.
1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 132 Flagrant health, health boiling over in fiery rapture.
2.
a. Of war: Raging; actually in progress.
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society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > of war: raging, in progress
flagrant1818
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. viii. 365 Except in moments of flagrant civil war.
18.. Palfrey (Webster 1864) A war with the most powerful of the native tribes was flagrant.
b. in flagrant delict: see delict n. Phrases. rare.
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1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 137 When an offender was taken in flagrant delict.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > burning or inflamed (of passions)
chafedc1330
burninga1400
ferventa1400
scaldingc1400
flagrant?1521
frying1587
incensed1612
warmed1700
white-hot1833
afire1846
akindle1869
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehemently or passionately desirous
wildc725
ardentc1374
fierce1377
flagrant?1521
zealous1526
passionatea1530
heady1543
concupiscentious1555
passionative1593
luxurious1614
mada1627
concupitive1651
sultry1671
hot-tempered1673
ardurousa1770
wild1811
nympholeptic1818
concupiscenta1834
?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Cijv By flagrant ardour, inflamed.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxix. 79 A thing which..stirreth vp flagrant desires and affections.
1675 A. Marvell Let. 24 July in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 342 Strangways, a flagrant Churchman, made Privy Counsellor.
1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iv. 62 Give Energy to my Enervate Tongue, While the fir'd Chanter's flagrant Rage is sung.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 794 He burns with most intense and flagrant zeal To serve his country.
4. In occasional uses referring to the visible aspect of flame.† a. Resplendent, glorious. Obsolete.† b. Burning red from a flogging. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > radiant
shininga900
gladOE
steepa1000
lightsomea1382
freshlyc1426
prefulgentc1480
flagrant?a1500
radiant1509
glazed?1510
refulgent1528
bright-headeda1560
shone1595
tinsel1595
skinkling1790
epiphanous1823
foudroyant1860
?a1500 York Myst., Innholders 39 O flagrant fader! graunte yt myght so be.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > that has been beaten > burning red from
flagrant1718
1718 M. Prior Henry & Emma 452 The Beadle's Lash still flagrant on their Back.
1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 128 T— flagrant from the lash.
1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 264 Half..went over red-hot from the conventicle; the other half, flagrant from Bridewell.
1842 T. De Quincey Shakspeare in Encycl. Brit. XX. 182/1 A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle.
c. Flaring, gaudy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]
fine1526
garish1545
flaunting1567
gawish1567
taffety1597
showful1607
flaming1609
flaring1610
over-brave1620
showish1675
rantingc1685
gaudy1709
showy1712
tinselled1738
kicky1790
flaunty1796
flashy1801
slangish1813
florid1815
tigerish1831
flash1836
flary1841
loud1850
flashy-looking1852
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
flagrant1858
jingo1859
cheesy1863
orchidaceous1864
flamboyant1879
vociferous1883
voyant1906
grandstanding1908
floozy1911
ritzy1919
like a (or the) dog's dinner1927
plush horse1936
kitsch1953
zazzy1961
pizzazz1969
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > garish
violenta1522
garisha1568
savage1706
raw1763
criard1840
tranchant1841
flagrant1858
blaring1866
criant1876
screamy1882
screaming1883
raucous1919
shrieking1958
shrill1973
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. iii. 42 A highgoing..Dowager (who dresses, if I recollect, in flagrant colours).
5. Of an offence, crime, etc.; also of an offender: Glaring, notorious, scandalous, ‘flaming into notice’ (Johnson).
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]
awlyc1200
grievousa1300
grilla1300
uglya1300
strongc1300
outrageousa1325
heinousc1374
excessive1393
curseda1400
fella1400
misshapenc1400
rankc1400
monstruousc1425
enorm1481
prodigiousc1487
villainous1489
nefand1490
sceleratea1513
monstrous1531
funestal1538
enormious1545
facinorous1548
flagitious1550
dire1567
bonable1575
felonious1575
bomination1589
unvenial?1589
heathenish1592
enormous1593
villainous1598
nameless1611
pitchy1612
funest1636
funestous1641
scarleta1643
nefandous1649
aversable1663
atrocious1669
frightful1700
flagrant1706
atrocea1734
diabolical1750
unspeakable1831
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [adjective]
infamousc1380
unfamousc1380
famousa1425
infamed1520
skirec1540
notorious1549
infame1555
stigmatical1591
unsilent1597
exemplifieda1637
flagrant1706
flagitious1741
dreaded1810
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > glaringly or scandalously wicked
flagrant1706
scarlet1820
1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino Pref. p. xv The constant Enormities committed by such Flagrant Wretches.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 430. ⁋3 The Fault I speak of was so very flagrant.
1746 T. Smollett Reproof 96 You are a flagrant misanthrope.
1771 J. W. Fletcher Checks in Wks. (1795) II. 260 Many individuals..were cut off on account of their flagrant wickedness.
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 746 Ney—an indifferent General, and a flagrant traitor.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xi. 22 They had been guilty of a flagrant violation of religion.
1893 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 57 142/2 Nor..are his errors less numerous or less flagrant than those of Mr. B.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adjective]
sweet900
sootc950
aromatic1366
merrya1398
well-smellinga1398
sweet-smellingc1400
lusciousc1420
savoury?a1425
redolingc1429
redolent?a1439
odorate?1440
flagrant1450
redolentc1450
well-savouringc1450
aromatous1483
softa1500
well-aired1505
balmy1508
ambrosiana1522
embalmeda1529
fragrantc1530
perfumed1538
scented?c1562
scented1567
balm-like1569
sweet1573
aromatizate1576
aromatical1578
Sabaeana1586
ambrosial1590
rich1590
perfumed1591
sweet-scented1591
reperfumed1593
balm-breathing1595
nectaredc1595
spiced1600
fuming1601
fumed1612
scentful1612
balsam1624
perfumy1625
odoraminous1656
aroma-olent1657
suaveolent1657
aromatized1661
essenced1675
balsamy1687
flavorous1697
balsamic1714
well-scented1726
scenty1738
breathing1757
spicy1765
flavouriferous1773
aromal1848
bescented1863
euodic1868
nosy1892
1450 Pol. Poems II. 232 The monethe of May..Flagrant in her floures.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxx. sig. Xiiv In the flagraunt odour therof bothe the body & the herte is reioysed.
Derivatives
ˈflagrantness n.
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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