flagrant

/fˈleɪɡɹənt/FLAY-gruhnt
/fˈleɪɡɹənt/FLAY-gruhnt

Meaningblazing

Common meaning: blatant, glaring

Journey through time

  1. Latinflagrō, flagrāre‘to blaze’
  2. Frenchflagrant
  3. Englishflagrant‘blatant, glaring’ · today

flagr also in: conflagration

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin flagrō ‘to blaze’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry flagrō, p. 756 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

conflagration

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