patent
adjective/ˈpeɪtnt/
/ˈpeɪtnt/, /ˈpætnt/
[only before noun]- (of a product) made or sold by a particular company
- patent medicines
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- (formal) used to emphasize that something bad is very clear and obvious synonym blatant
- It was a patent lie.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.
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