Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Flagrant

Flagrant , adjective

[Latin flagrans, -antis, present participle of flagrate to burn, akin to Greek {not transcribed}: compare French flagrant. Compare 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.