Flagitious meaning
Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
adjective
Infamous; scandalous.
adjective
Shamefully wicked; vile and scandalous.
adjective
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Origin of flagitious
- Middle English flagicious wicked from Latin flāgitiōsus from flāgitium shameful act, protest from flāgitāre to importune, to demand vehemently
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old French flagitieux or Latin flāgitiōsus, both ultimately from flāgitium (“shameful crime”).
From Wiktionary