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Flagrance

Flagrance \Fla"grance\, n. Flagrancy.
--Bp. Hall.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
flagrance

"glaring shamefulness," 1610s, from French flagrance or directly from Latin flagrantia "a glow, ardor, a burning desire," noun of quality from flagrantem "burning, blazing, glowing" (see flagrant). Related: Flagrancy (1590s).

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flagrance

n. flagrancy

Usage examples of "flagrance".

Above all things, She longed for the taste of flame in each of Her mouths, the brilliant jets lancing straight into the crowd, the sound of screaming and the luscious flagrance of roasting flesh.

Proximity, loneliness, an elusive flagrance she emanated, a lot of things accounted for my feelings, I told myself firmly, but not a physical attraction or even old-fashioned lust.

They would in their flagrance remove freedom from us, by forcing us to blind ourselves, to shelter and protect ourselves from their obscenity.