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While most of the world thinks this is a rockstar gimmick, his flagrancy irks the other undead, who plot to kill him.—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 18 Oct. 2022 For the flagrancy of the Fairouz sins, the café’s managers would have been detained, questioned, and punished.—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022 The disclosure also shines a bare lightbulb on the flagrancy (and, in some cases, stupidity) of the unfaithful.—Marcia Desanctis, Town & Country, 14 Feb. 2013
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borrowed from French & Latin; French flagrance, borrowed from Latin flagrantia "a blaze, burning, passionate love, ardor" — more at flagrance
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