Literary notes about flagrant (AI summary)
In literature, the word flagrant is employed to underscore actions or behaviors that are strikingly and unmistakably wrongful. It emphasizes transgressions that are not hidden in subtlety but are rather boldly in the open, whether describing moral lapses, political scandals, or breaches of social convention. Authors use the term to intensify the impact of these offenses, as when a character’s behavior is painted as shockingly audacious or when institutional abuses are rendered unmistakably obvious [1][2]. Its application ranges from depicting blatant violations of ethical norms in domestic or public life to critiquing social and political injustices that defy accepted standards [3][4][5][6].
- You ought to be very much disappointed in our flagrant respectability.”
— from The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan - So flagrant became the political scandals that reputable men began to leave politics alone, and politics consequently became disreputable.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois - It would be a flagrant waste on Nature’s part to keep her a permanent old maid.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery - This arrangement is memorable in early Philippine annals chiefly for the flagrant abuses that appear to have characterized it.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal - He was put into durance vile, having been caught in the flagrant act of burglary on the high seas.
— from The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat - The general bade him say what he pleased, but not to expect pardon for his flagrant offence.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
