Etymograph

English

flagrant

Flagrant comes from Latin flagrare ‘blaze, burn’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflagrare1‘blaze, burn’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflagrantem1present participle of flagrare
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600flagrant1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1740flagrant1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English flagrant
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1740, David Hume, Of the Measures of Allegiance: “'Tis certain, therefore, that in all our notions of…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflagrareWiktionary, English flagrant‘blaze, burn’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflagrantemWiktionary, English flagrantpresent participle of flagrare
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600flagrantWiktionary, English flagrant
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1740flagrantWiktionary, English flagrant. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1740, David Hume, Of the Measures of Allegiance: “'Tis certain, therefore, that in all our notions of…”

Every English word from Latin flagrare

Today it means

adj Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “flagrant”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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