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.
