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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