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flagitious
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Flagitious
(gcide) | 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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flagitious
(wn) | flagitious
adj 1: extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime";
"heinous accusations" [syn: flagitious, heinous]
2: 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, flagitious, grievous, monstrous] |
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Flagitious
(gcide) | 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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Flagitiously
(gcide) | 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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Flagitiousness
(gcide) | 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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