flagrancy Meaning, Definition & Usage

Fla"gran*cy noun

Etymology

L. flagrantia a burning. See Flagrant.

Wordforms

plural Flagrancies

Definitions

1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. Obs.

   Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon.

2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess. Steele.