01 a. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
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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.
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2.
Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging.“A war the most powerful of the native tribes was flagrant.” — Palfrey.
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3.
Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.
Syn.
Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See Atrocious.