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flagrant (iou) and turtledove (sh)


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.

turtledove (sh)




Species (Streptopelia turtur,family Columbidae) of migratory European pigeon that winters in northern Africa.

It is about 11 in. (28 cm) long and has a reddish brown body, blue-gray head, and white-tipped tail. A ground feeder, it eats prodigious amounts of small seeds. The name is applied to Other temperate and tropical Old World Streptopeliaspecies of slim, fast-flying game birds. The ringed turtledove, or ringdove, has feral populations in California and Florida, U.S.; the laughing and spotted doves have also been introduced outside their native habitats.