BLATANT

PRONUNCIATION: (BLAY-tuhnt)

MEANING: adjective: Conspicuously obvious or offensive.

ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the poet Edmund Spenser (1552/1553-1599) in his epic poem The Faerie Queene, perhaps from Latin blatire (to chatter). Earliest documented use: 1596.
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LA TANT - the one who owns la plum

BLEATANT - a ewe's sister (see also BAATANT)
(EWE TANT = former UN Secretary-General)

BLOATANT - full of gas (see also FLATANT)