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flagrant
English
Alternative forms
- flagraunt (obsolete, rare)
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?fle?.???nt/
Etymology 1
From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.
Adjective
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
- 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
- It is certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals we never entertain such an absurdity as that of passive obedience, but make allowances for resistance in the more flagrant instances of tyranny and oppression.
- 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
- (archaic) On fire; flaming.
Synonyms
- (obvious and offensive): blatant, glaring
- (on fire): burning, flaming
Related terms
- in flagrante delicto
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin fr?grans, participle of fr?gr? (“smell, reek”)
Adjective
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- (obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin flagr?ns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /fl????ant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /fl????an/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fla???ant/
Adjective
flagrant (masculine and feminine plural flagrants)
- flaming, burning
- flagrant, blatant
Further reading
- “flagrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “flagrant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “flagrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “flagrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French flagrant, from Latin flagr?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fla???r?nt/
- Hyphenation: fla?grant
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
flagrant (comparative flagranter, superlative flagrantst)
- flagrant, blatant (obvious and offensive)
Inflection
French
Etymology
From Latin flagr?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fla.????/
Adjective
flagrant (feminine singular flagrante, masculine plural flagrants, feminine plural flagrantes)
- flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious, evident
Derived terms
- flagramment
- prendre en flagrant délit
Related terms
- flagrance
Further reading
- “flagrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From Latin flagrant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fla???ant]
Adjective
flagrant (comparative flagranter, superlative am flagrantesten)
- flagrant
Declension
Further reading
- “flagrant” in Duden online
Latin
Verb
fl?grant
- third-person plural present active indicative of fl?gr?
Romanian
Etymology
From French flagrant.
Adjective
flagrant m or n (feminine singular flagrant?, masculine plural flagran?i, feminine and neuter plural flagrante)
- flagrant
Declension
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bald
English
Etymology
From Middle English bald, balde, belde, ballid, balled (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare with Old Danish bældet (“bald”).
Alternate etymology has Gothic ????????????????- (bala-, “shining, grey (of body)”), Old English b?l (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (both from Proto-Germanic *b?l?), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ball (“forehead”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??ld/, [b???d] Non-standard: IPA(key): /b??ld/, [b??ld]
- (US) IPA(key): /b?ld/; (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /b?ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
- Homophone: balled
Adjective
bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest)
- Having no hair, fur or feathers.
- Synonym: hairless
- Antonyms: faxed, haired
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.
- (specifically) Having no hair on the head.
- (by extension) Denuded of any covering.
- Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
- (of a statement or account) Unembellished.
- (of a statement) Without evidence or support being provided.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
bald (plural balds)
- (Appalachia) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
Verb
bald (third-person singular simple present balds, present participle balding, simple past and past participle balded)
- (intransitive) To become bald.
See also
- callow
- nott
Translations
Further reading
- bald on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Appalachian balds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- ABDL, DLAB, blad
German
Etymology
From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?el-. Cognate with Dutch boud, English bold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /balt/
- Homophone: ballt
Adverb
bald (comparative eher or früher, superlative am ehesten or frühesten)
- soon, near in time
- Synonyms: demnächst, in Kürze, zeitnah
- almost
- Synonyms: fast, beinahe
Derived terms
- alsbald
- bis bald
- in Bälde
- sobald
Related terms
- -bold
Further reading
- “bald” in Duden online
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ld/, [b??d]
Adjective
bald (Anglian)
- Alternative form of beald
Declension
Old High German
Alternative forms
- pald
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bald/
Adjective
bald
- bold, quick
Derived terms
- bald?
- baldo
Descendants
- Middle High German: balt
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.
Adjective
bald (comparative baldoro, superlative baldost)
- bold, fearless
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: bald, bold, balt, bolt
- German Low German: bold, boll
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