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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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 {Atrocious}. -- {Fla*gi"tious*ly}, adv -- {Fla*gi"tious*ness}, n. A sentence so flagitiously unjust. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flagitious adj : 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" [syn: {atrocious}, {grievous}, {heinous}, {monstrous}]
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