lagrancy

[Lat. flagrant i a, from flagrans, pr. par. of flagro to burn.] *1. Lit .: A burning, a heat; fire. "Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes, as the sight and the touch are the things desired, and therefore the spirits resort to those parts."- Bacon : Nat . Hist ., § 722. 2. Fig .: Heinousne , atrocity, exceeding wickedne ; flagitiousne . "The Aagrancy and dangerous consequence of what was doing."- Steel : Apology . (Pref.) fla-grant, a. [Fr., from Lat. flagrans, pr. par. of flagro to burn; Ital. & Sp. flagrante.] *I. Lit .: Burning, blazing. II. Figuratively : *1. Burning, ardent, eager, heated. "With fixt and steady thoughts, with flagrant love and intire devotion of soul."-Scott: Christian Life , pt. i., ch. v. *2. Glowing, flushed, red. *3. Raging hotly or furiously; as, A war was fla grant. 4. Heinous, glaring; openly or glaringly wicked; flagitious. "A flagrant act of injustice." - Bp. Heard: Christ driving the buyers and sellers out of the Temple. flā-grăn-tě běl'-lō, phr. [Lat.] With the war raging at the time. flā-grăn-tě dě-lic-tô, phr. [Lat.] Law : In the very act of committing a crime. Taken flagrante delicto : Caught in the act. flā-grant-lý, adv . [Eng. flagrant ; -ly.] In a flagrant manner; heinously, glaringly, notoriously. *flā-grāte, v. t . [Latin flag ratus , pa. par. of flagro to burn.] To burn. C. As substantive: 1. The act of laying or paving with flagstones. 2. Flagstones collectively; the pavement of the sidewalks of a street. 3. The act of signaling a conveyance, railway train, or ship, using a flag as the instrument of attracting attention. flag-ging-lỹ, adv. [Eng. flagging (1); -ly.] In a flagging, drooping, or weary manner. flag-gỹ (1), a. [Eng. flag (1), v.; -y.] 1. Drooping, flagging, lax, weak, limber; without stiffne or tension. 2. Weak in taste; insipid. flăg'-gỹ (2), *flag-gie, a. [Eng. flag (1), s.; -y.] 1. Like a flag; broad. 2. Consisting of flags; full of flags. *flag-1-tāte, v . t . [Latin flag it at us , pa. par. of flag i to .] To demand fiercely, or with importunity. ( Carlyle .) *flag-1-ta-tion, s. [Lat. flagitatio .] The act of demanding with violence, fiercene , or importunity. fla-gi-tious, *fla-gi-cio us, a . [Lat. flag it ios us , from flagitium =a disgraceful act, from flag i to to act with violence, from the same root as flagro to burn; Ital. flagizioso ; Sp. flag i cio so .] 1. Exceedingly disgraceful; wicked, atrocious; heinous, flagrant, villainous. "In this perplexity Ashley and Clifford proposed a flagitious breach of public faith."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. ii. *2. Deeply criminal or guilty. "He dies, sad outcast of each church and state, And harder still, flagitious yet not great." Pope: Moral E ays, i. 205. *3. Marked or characterized by disgraceful or scandalous crimes or conduct. "Discharge that rage on more provoking crimes, Nor fear a dearth in these flagitious times." Pope: E ay on Criticism, 529. For the difference between flagitious and he in ous , see HEINOUS. fla-gi-tious-ly, adv. [Eng. flagitious: -ly.] In an atrocious, villainous, or heinously disgraceful manner.