flagrantly
/ˈfleɪɡɹəntli/FLAY-gruhnt-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈfleɪɡɹəntli/FLAY-gruhnt-lee
Meaningin a flagrant way
Common meaning: openly and shockingly
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- flagrto blazeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 756 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinflagrō, flagrāre‘to blaze’
- Frenchflagrant
- Englishflagrant‘blatant, glaring’
- Englishformed in English from flagrantflagrantly‘openly and shockingly’ · today
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: Formed in English from flagrant + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FLAGRANT, p.210 · scan
Roots
- flagrō, flagrāre Latin “to blaze”
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