flagitious
adjective
shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
flagitiousness
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a word derived from
flagitious.
Example Sentences
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He lays his plans with all the subtlety of a Machiavel, and all the flagitiousness of a Borgia.
From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by William Godwin
As I have now replied to my calumniators, as far as my own character required, though not so fully as their flagitiousness deserved, I shall add a few words on the state of public affairs.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by John Selby Watson
Urged by the flagitiousness of this last example, people learned to recollect every other instance of his excesses, and it was, no doubt, a fearful catalogue that rose up in judgment against him.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by William Godwin
The flagitiousness of that embassy had been attempted to be concealed by directing the public attention to the price which, the gentleman says, was given for the disclosure.
From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Alexander Johnston
On one point, however, the neighbours, Mrs. M'Gurk not excepted, were practically unanimous, the utter flagitiousness, namely, of Tishy M'Crum.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
