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[ noun ] the property of being both obvious and offensive
Examples "the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)This dinner was the start of a new blatancy in the relationship between the gangs and the politicians , which , prior to 1924 , says Pasley , `` had been maintained with more_or_less stealth '' , but which henceforth was marked by these ostentatious gatherings , denounced by a clergyman as `` Belshazzar feasts '' , at which `` politicians fraternized cheek_by_jowl with gangsters , openly , in the big downtown hotels '' . Related terms |
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