flagrancen.
/ˈfleɪɡrəns/ rare.
1. literal. Blazing or glowing condition.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > flame or blaze > flaming or blazing > blazing condition
flagrancy1626
flagrance1847
1847 Blackwood's Mag. 61 735 We had been brought now to the very flagrance of the dog-star.
1892 S. Baring-Gould In Roar of Sea III. liii. 235 Some vent had been found, and the attic was in full flagrance.
2. Of an offence: The quality or state of being flagrant; glaring shamefulness.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > shamelessness
unshamefulnessc950
unshamefastness?a1400
shamelessness1540
unshameless1555
shamefastness1589
unshamefacedness1596
flagrancy1599
blatancy1610
flagrance1634
brass1642
frontlessness1698
barefacedness1702
bronze1729
coolness1751
shamefacedness1827
bold-facedness1832
brazenness1861
unblushingness1891
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > shameless wickedness
flagrancy1599
flagrance1634
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 189 They bring to him a Woman taken in the flagrance of her adultery.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xiii. 321 The shuffling sophistry..is the very flagrance and crassitude of baseness.
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