blatant
blatant definition
bla·tant (blāt′'nt)
adjective
- disagreeably loud or boisterous; clamorous
- glaringly conspicuous or obtrusive blatant ignorance
Etymology: coined by Edmund Spenser, prob. < L blaterare, to babble, or E dial. blate, to bellow
Related Forms:
- blatantly bla′·tantly adverb
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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