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flagitious, a.|fləˈdʒɪʃəs|
Also 4–6 flagicious(e.
[ad. OF. flagicieux, flagitieux, or L. flāgitiōsus, f. flāgitium shameful crime. also importunity; related to flāgitāre: see flagitate v.]
1. Of persons: Guilty of or addicted to atrocious crimes; deeply criminal, extremely wicked.
1382Wyclif 2 Macc. vii. 34 Thou cursid..of alle men most flagiciouse. 1581Campion in Confer. i. (1584) C ij, That flagitious Apostata. a1617Bayne On Coloss. (1634) 98 Is it fit the Wife should be kept under the government of a flagitious servant? 1715–20Pope Iliad xiii. 788 Crimes shall..whelm in ruins yon flagitious town. 1879Gladstone Glean. III. i. 16 The most flagitious of mortals.
absol.1796Bp. Watson Apol. Bible 3 You will have annihilated in the minds of the flagitious all their fears of future punishment.
¶b. Loosely used for: Infamous.
1741Richardson Pamela (1742) IV. 364 The common Executioner, who is the lowest and most flagitious Officer of the Commonwealth.
2. Of actions, character, principles, etc.: Extremely wicked or criminal: heinous, villainous.
1550Veron Godly Saiyngs (1846) 142 Flagitiouse doinges and factes. 1651Raleigh's Ghost Pref., Men, of so flagitious lives, that [etc.]. 1701Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. ii. i, This Age, Of most flagitious Note. 1726De Foe Hist. Devil i. iv. (1840) 51 Having committed a flagitious crime. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. II. xxxii. 247 His faith is pure, though his manners are flagitious. 1823Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 232 His principles..were of the most flagitious description. 1875Bryce Holy Rom. Emp. ix. (ed. 5) 134 The flagitious life of the pontiff. |