different between flagrant vs nefarious

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)

1. 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.

2. (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)

1. (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)

1. flaming, burning
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. flagrant

Declension

Further reading

• “flagrant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

fl?grant

1. 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)

1. flagrant

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin nef?rius (“execrable, abominable”), from nef?s (“something contrary to divine law, an impious deed, sin, crime”), from ne- (“not”) + f?s (“the dictates of religion, divine law”), which is related to Latin for (“I speak, I say”) and cognate to Ancient Greek ???? (ph?mí, “I say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??f???i.?s/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /n??f????.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s

Adjective

nefarious (comparative more nefarious, superlative most nefarious)

1. Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

   Synonyms: evil, iniquitous, sinister, underhanded, vile, good-for-nothing; see also Thesaurus:evil

   • 1828, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover, ch. 2:

     "If the vessel be no fair-trading slaver, nor a common cruiser of his Majesty, it is as tangible as the best man's reasoning, that she may be neither more nor less than the ship of that nefarious pirate the Red Rover."

   • 1877, Anthony Trollope, The Life of Cicero, ch. 9:

     Mommsen . . . declares that Catiline in particular was "one of the most nefarious men in that nefarious age. His villanies belong to the criminal records, not to history."

   • 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, The Indiscretions of Archie, ch. 26:

     The fact that the room was still in darkness made it obvious that something nefarious was afoot. Plainly there was dirty work in preparation at the cross-roads.

   • 2009 Oct. 14, Monica Davey, "Fact Checker Finds Falsehoods in Remarks," New York Times (retrieved 12 May 2014):

     “I try to let everyone back here in Minnesota know exactly the nefarious activities that are taking place in Washington.”

   Aliens have a nefarious connotation in many science fiction books.

Usage notes

• Commonly used in contexts involving villainous plans, conspiracies, or actions, as in:

• 1909, Bram Stoker, The Lady of the Shroud, book 7:

The whole nefarious scheme was one of the "put-up jobs" which are part of the dirty work of a certain order of statecraft.

Derived terms

• nefariously
• nefariousness

Translations

References

• nefarious at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• isofurane