FLAGITIOUS
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Fla*gi"tious (?), a. [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.
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Debauched principles and flagitious practices.
I. Taylor.
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2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. Pope.
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3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Pope.
Syn. -- Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate; abandoned. See Atrocious.
-- Fla*gi"tious*ly, adv. -- Fla*gi"tious*ness, n.
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A sentence so flagitiously unjust.
Macaulay.
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