Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in flagrante delicto

/ɪn fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: in- fla-grante delic-to
IPA: /ɪn fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊ/

25

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the act of committing a misdeed.

adv

While performing sexual activity.

Example Sentences

"He would be caught in flagrante delicto, and, with a heavy sentence hovering over him, he would probably be induced to name his accomplice."
"We've already established that you were one of Miss Scarlet's clients. That's why you were so desperate to get your hands on those negatives. Photographs of you and Yvette in flagrante delicto, remember?"
"I would add to that the fact that, if we are happy to be caught in flagrante delicto in a picturesque setting, there would be something almost humiliating about being caught somewhere as ugly as that."
"When his housemates, two men and a woman, found them in flagrante delicto, one reported, “She said she didn’t want us to think of her as ‘that girl.’ ”"
"As a student of the fossil record, I can assure you that it’s not often that creatures are transformed, in flagrante delicto, into memento mori."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto (literally “while the crime is blazing”), from in + flāgrō (“burn”) + dēlictō, form of dēlīctum (“crime, misdeed”).

Inflected Forms

flagrante delicto (alternative) in flagrante (alternative) in flagrant delict (alternative) in flagranti delicto (alternative)

Phrases

in flagrante in flagrant delict

Synonyms

in the act red-handed with one's dick in one's hand with one's hand in the cookie jar with one's pants down

Questions

How do you pronounce in flagrante delicto?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪn fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊ/.
What does in flagrante delicto mean?: In the act of committing a misdeed.
Where does in flagrante delicto come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto (literally “while the crime is blazing”), from in + flāgrō (“burn”) + dēlictō, form of dēlīctum (“crime, misdeed”).

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