Flagrancy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flagrancy \Fla"gran*cy\, n.; pl. {Flagrancies}. [L. flagrantia a
     burning. See {Flagrant}.]
     1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.]
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              Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. --Bacon.


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     2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity;
        heiniousness; enormity; excess. --Steele.
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