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blatant

adj
/ˈbleɪtənt/

Etymology

Coined by Edmund Spenser in 1596 in "blatant beast". Probably a variation of *blatand (Scots blaitand (“bleating”)), present participle of blate, a variation of bleat, equivalent to blate + -ant. See bleat. In addition, it is suggested by Latin blatiō (“speak like a fool, prate”), which is rare, and so the similitude may be just coincidental. Compare typologically Bulgarian вопиющ (vopijušt), Russian вопию́щий (vopijúščij) (akin to вопи́ть (vopítʹ)).

  1. derived from blatiō
  2. derived from blaitand

Definitions

  1. Obvious, on show

    Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.

    • Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet.
    • London died away in draggled taverns and dreary scrubs, and then was unaccountably born again in blazing high streets and blatant hotels.

  2. Bellowing

    Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

    • A monster, which the Blatant beast men call.
    • harsh and blatant tones
    • A blatant bugle tears my afternoons. / Out clump the clumsy Tommies by platoons, / Trying to keep in step with rag-time tunes, / But I sit still; I've done my drill.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blatant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA