The quality or state of being flagrant; the act of committing something obviously wrong or shocking in an unashamed way.
From Late Latin 'flagrantia' (the state of burning or blazing), derived from 'flagrare' (to burn). The noun form describes the quality or condition of being flagrant, which evolved from the literal sense of burning brightly.
In law, the term 'flagrancy' appears in phrases like 'in flagrante delicto' (caught in the act), which preserves the Latin idea of being caught 'while the crime is still burning hot'!
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