Both Uses of
blatant
in
Of Human Bondage
- They both had a vulgar facetiousness which tickled her simple sense of humour, and a certain coarseness of nature; but what took her perhaps was the blatant sexuality which was their most marked characteristic.†
Chpt 77-78 *blatant = obvious
- He received Philip with a peculiar manner formed by the mingling of his natural blatancy with the subdued air proper to his calling.†
Chpt 85-86
Definition:
obvious -- often without any attempt to hide bad behavior