FLAGRANCY

Noun

flagrancy (countable and uncountable, plural flagrancies)

The condition of being flagrant.

Source: Wiktionary


Fla"gran*cy, n.; pl. Flagrancies. Etym: [L. flagrantia a burning. See Flagrant.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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