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flagitious

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fla·gi·tious  (fl-jshs)
adj.
1. Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
2. Infamous; scandalous: "That remorseless government persisted in its flagitious project" (Robert Southey).
[Middle English flagicious, wicked, from Latin flgitisus, from flgitium, shameful act, protest, from flgitre, to importune, to demand vehemently.]
fla·gitious·ly adv.
fla·gitious·ness n.
flagitious [fləˈdʒɪʃəs]
adj
atrociously wicked; vicious; outrageous
[from Latin flāgitiōsus infamous, from flāgitium a shameful act; related to Latin flagrum whip]
flagitiously  adv
flagitiousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.flagitious - extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations"
heinous
wicked - morally bad in principle or practice
2.flagitious - shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
atrocious, monstrous, grievous
evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"


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All faults or defects, from the slightest misconduct to the most flagitious crime, Pantocyclus attributed to some deviation from perfect Regularity in the bodily figure, caused perhaps(if not congenital) by some collision in a crowd; by neglect to take exercise, or by taking too much of it; or even by a sudden change of temperature, resulting in a shrinkage or expansion in some too susceptible part of the frame.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
A day of obstacles to thy flagitious returns in the morning.
Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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