\Fla"gran*cy\, n.; pl. {Flagrancies}. [L. flagrantia a burning. See {Flagrant}.] 1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.] Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. --Bacon. 2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess. --Steele.