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Narrator: Today's word is "Flagrant" — adjective, pronounced /ˈfleɪɡrənt/, with the stress on "fla".
Narrator: Flagrant means conspicuously or obviously offensive, shocking or wrong.
Narrator: In plain English, a flagrant foul is blatantly bad — like a flagrant violation of the rules.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin flagrans, meaning blazing, from flagrare, to burn.
Narrator: "A flagrant violation" describes a blatant and shocking breach of rules.
Narrator: It differs from blatant because flagrant implies offence, whereas blatant is more about being obvious.
Narrator: "Flagrant abuse" is a sense meaning shockingly obvious misuse of power.
Narrator: Law, sport, ethics, politics and everyday speech all rely on the word flagrant.
Narrator: So remember: flagrant means shockingly obvious, from the Latin for blazing.
Speaker A: What does flagrant mean?
Speaker B: Shockingly obvious! FLAGRANT comes from the Latin flagrans, blazing, so it means conspicuously offensive or wrong.
Speaker A: So a flagrant foul is blatantly bad?
Speaker B: Yes — obviously wrong!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A flagrant violation"; "flagrant abuse"; "a flagrant foul" — law, power and sport.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse flagrant with fragrant, because flagrant means shocking, while fragrant means sweet-smelling.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Blatant' the obvious cousin, 'glaring' the shining twin, 'egregious' the extreme alternative. The word keeps its blazing charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "flagrant" in AI prompts — useful for legal apps and sport tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame law?
Speaker B: Right. For a legal app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide to flagrant violations, naming two examples.
Speaker A: How about a sport tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to advise:
Prompt: Draft a guide to flagrant fouls, naming two penalties.
Speaker A: Could it help with an ethics bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame conduct:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences why flagrant abuse is serious, naming one consequence.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a writing chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short note on using flagrant correctly, naming one example.
Flagrant — meaning in Arabic & definition More F courses GL Dictionary