Flagrant (adj)
flay-grunt
Shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring.
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin flagrant- (stem of flagrāns ), present participle of flagrāre “to burn”; -ant
Example sentences
“Most would call it a flagrant disrespect of international law.”
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