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Definition of: blatant
(blā′tənt) adjective
1. Loud or noisy; offensively loud or clamorous.
2. Making a bellowing or bleating noise: said of animals.
3. Tumid; pretentious; obtrusive. [Coined by Edmund Spenser. Cf. L blatire babble; ME blait bleat.]
—bla′tan·cy noun
—bla′tant·ly adverb
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