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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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