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Blatant

//ˈbleɪtənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.

    "Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet."

  2. 2
    Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. archaic

    "A monster, which the Blatant beast men call."

Adjective
  1. 1
    conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry wordnet
  2. 2
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious wordnet

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)).

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