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blatant definition

bla·tant (blāt′'nt)

adjective

  1. disagreeably loud or boisterous; clamorous
  2. glaringly conspicuous or obtrusive blatant ignorance

Etymology: coined by Edmund Spenser, prob. < L blaterare, to babble, or E dial. blate, to bellow

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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