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English → English (gcide) Definition: Flagitiousness Flagitious \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. [1913 Webster] Debauched principles and flagitious practices. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A sentence so flagitiously unjust. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Flagitiousness Flagitious \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. [1913 Webster] Debauched principles and flagitious practices. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A sentence so flagitiously unjust. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
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