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apert (iou) and flagrant (iou)


apert (iou)



apert adjective & adverb. Long arch. ME.
[Old French from Latin apertus pa. pple of aperire to open: cf. PERT adjective.]
A. adjective.
Open, public; overt. ME.
Evident, plain. ME-L17.
Straightforward; brisk, bold. Only in ME.
Outspoken; insolent. ME-L17.
Clever, ready, expert. ME-L16.
B. adverb. Openly, publicly; plainly. ME-L17.
apertion noun an opening; the action of opening: L16-M18.
apertive adjective = APERITIVE adjective, APERIENT adjective M16-E18.
apertly adverb openly, evidently; boldly: ME.
apertness noun (now rare or obsolete) openness, frankness E17.

flagrant (iou)



flagrant adjective. L15.
[French, or Latin flagrant- pres. ppl stem of flagrare burn, blaze, be inflamed: see -ANT1.]
a. Resplendent, glorious. Only in L15.
b. Blazing, burning, glowing; gaudy. arch. L15.
Southey The crackling hearth, Where heath and cistus gave their flagrant flame. Carlyle A..Dowager (who dresses..in flagrant colours). fig.: De Quincey Flagrant Health, Health boiling over in fiery rapture.
c. Of a fluid: fiery, hot. Only in 17.
d. Burning red from a flogging. E18-M19.
Of a feeling, passion, etc.: ardent, burning. E16-L18.
Of an offence, an offender: glaring, notorious, scandalous, blatant. E18.
T. F. Dibdin An indifferent General, and a flagrant traitor. Aldous Huxley Surprised in flagrant inattention, Jeremy started guiltily. W. C. Williams A flagrant miscarriage of justice in our local courts.
Actually in progress; (of war etc.) raging. E19.
in flagrant delict = IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO.
flagrantly adverb M18.
flagrantness noun (rare) E18.