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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLAGITIOUS
a.[L. flagitium, a scandalous crime, probably from the root of flagrant. ] 1. Deeply criminal; grossly wicked; villainous; atrocious; scandalous; as a flagitious action or crime.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; wicked; as a flagitious person.
3. Marked or infected with scandalous crimes or vices; as flagitious times.
FLAGITIOUSLY
adv. With extreme wickedness.
FLAGITIOUSNESS
n.Extreme wickedness; villainy.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLAGITIOUS
Fla *gi "tious, a. Etym: [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig. , a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant. ]
1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc. Debauched principles and flagitious practices. I. Taylor.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. Pope.
3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Pope.
Syn. -- Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate; abandoned. See Atracious. -- Fla *gi "tious *ly, adv. -- Fla *gi "tious *ness, n. A sentence so flagitiously unjust. Macaulay.
New American Oxford Dictionary
flagitious
fla gi tious |fləˈjiSHəs fləˈʤɪʃəs | ▶adjective (of a person or their actions ) criminal; villainous. DERIVATIVES fla gi tious ly adverb, fla gi tious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium ‘importunity, shameful crime, ’ from flagitare ‘demand earnestly. ’
Oxford Dictionary
flagitious
flagitious |fləˈdʒɪʃəs | ▶adjective formal (of a person or their actions ) criminal; villainous. DERIVATIVES flagitiously adverb, flagitiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium ‘importunity, shameful crime ’, from flagitare ‘demand earnestly ’.
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