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flagitious
[ fluh-jish-uhs ]
adjective
- shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
- heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous.
flagitious
/ fləˈdʒɪʃəs /
adjective
- atrociously wicked; vicious; outrageous
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Derived Forms
- flaˈgitiously, adverb
- flaˈgitiousness, noun
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Other Words From
- fla·gitious·ly adverb
- fla·gitious·ness noun
- nonfla·gitious adjective
- nonfla·gitious·ly adverb
- nonfla·gitious·ness noun
- unfla·gitious adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flagitious1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English flagicious, from Latin flāgitiōsus, equivalent to flāgiti(um) “shame, scandal” + -ōsus -ous
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flagitious1
C14: from Latin flāgitiōsus infamous, from flāgitium a shameful act; related to Latin flagrum whip
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Example Sentences
It may produce wicked, flagitious, tyrannical acts; but in no country is it law.
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For the ambiguous advantages which overgrown wealth and flagitious tyranny have to bestow?
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This was a wholesome scheme of vengeance as flagitious and vindictive as it was heartless and unprincipled.
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To punish this flagitious deed, and restore his dominion in Italy, the emperor sent a fleet and army into the Adriatic Gulf.
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All this was done under the forms of law, and yet it would be hard to find in the annals of crime an instance more flagitious.
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