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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.
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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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