Flagrancy

Flagrancy
Flagrancy Fla"gran*cy, n.; pl. {Flagrancies}. [L. flagrantia a burning. See {Flagrant}.] 1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess. --Steele. [1913 Webster]


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  • flagrancy — [flā′grən sē] n. the quality or state of being flagrant: also flagrance * * * See flagrant. * * * …   Universalium

  • flagrancy — index atrocity, bad repute, notoriety, pretense (ostentation) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • flagrancy — [flā′grən sē] n. the quality or state of being flagrant: also flagrance …   English World dictionary

  • flagrancy — flagrant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ conspicuous; blatant. DERIVATIVES flagrancy noun flagrantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin flagrare blaze …   English terms dictionary

  • flagrancy — noun Date: 1599 the quality or state of being flagrant …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • flagrancy — noun The condition of being flagrant …   Wiktionary

  • flagrancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being flagrant: atro ciousness, atrocity, egregiousness, enormity, flagrance, flagrantness, glaringness, grossness, outrageousness, rankness. See GOOD …   English dictionary for students

  • flagrancy — fla·gran·cy || fleɪgrÉ™nsɪ n. notoriety, scandalousness; noticeability, prominence …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flagrancy — n. Notoriety, enormity …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • flagrancy — fla·gran·cy …   English syllables

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