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flagitious

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fla⋅gi⋅tious

  [fluh-jish-uhs]
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–adjective
1. shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
2. heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME flagicious < L flāgitiōsus, equiv. to flāgiti(um) shame, scandal + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
fla⋅gi⋅tious⋅ly, adverb
fla⋅gi⋅tious⋅ness, noun
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fla·gi·tious   (flə-jĭsh'əs)   
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 flāgitiōsus, from flāgitium, shameful act, protest, from flāgitāre, to importune, to demand vehemently.]
fla·gi'tious·ly adv., fla·gi'tious·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

flagitious 
"shamefully wicked, vile, scandalous," 1382, from O.Fr. flagicieux, from L. flagitiosus, from flagitium "shameful crime," related to flagrum (see flagrant).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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