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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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vicious
English
Alternative forms
- vitious (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English vicious, from Anglo-Norman vicious, (modern French vicieux), from Latin viti?sus, from vitium (“fault, vice”). Equivalent to vice +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v???s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
vicious (comparative viciouser or more vicious, superlative viciousest or most vicious)
- Violent, destructive and cruel.
- Savage and aggressive.
- (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:
- We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:
Synonyms
- scathy
Derived terms
- vicious circle
Related terms
- See vice#Related_terms
Translations
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vicious, from Latin viti?sus; equivalent to vice +? -ous.
Alternative forms
- viciows, vicius, vycious, vycyus, vicyous, vecyous, vysyous, vycios, vycyous, vicyows
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /visi?u?s/, /vis?ju?s/, /?visjus/
Adjective
vicious (plural and weak singular viciouse)
- Iniquitous, sinful, wicked (often in a way that causes harm or vice to/in others)
- (rare) Lacking purity or cleanness; spoiled or defiled.
- (rare) Inaccurate, modified, or debased; of substandard quality.
- (rare) Injurious, dangerous; causing serious harm.
Descendants
- English: vicious
- Scots: veecious
References
- “vici?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin viti?sus;
Adjective
vicious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular viciouse)
- vicious; malicious
- defective; not capable of functioning
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: vicious, viciows, vicius, vycious, vycyus, vicyous, vecyous, vysyous, vycios, vycyous, vicyows
- English: vicious
- Scots: veecious
References
- vicios on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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