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.
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