Fla″grant (?), a. [L. flagrans, -antis, p. pr. of flagrate to burn, akin to Gr. �: cf. F. flagrant. Cf. Flame, Phlox.] 1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior.
A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey.
Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.
2. Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging.
A war the most powerful of the native tribes was flagrant. Palfrey.
3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.
Syn. — Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See Atrocious.