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单词 flagitious
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Definition of flagitious in English:

flagitious

adjective fləˈdʒɪʃəsfləˈdʒɪʃəs
formal
  • (of a person or their actions) criminal; villainous.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretence by a state legislature.
    Synonyms
    evil, sinful, immoral, wrong, morally wrong, wrongful, bad, iniquitous, corrupt, black-hearted, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, impious, base, mean, vile

Derivatives

  • flagitiously

  • adverb
    formal
  • flagitiousness

  • noun fləˈdʒɪʃəsnəsfləˈdʒɪʃəsnəs
    formal

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium 'importunity, shameful crime', from flagitare 'demand earnestly'.

Rhymes

adventitious, Aloysius, ambitious, auspicious, avaricious, capricious, conspicuous, delicious, expeditious, factitious, fictitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, Mauritius, meretricious, nutritious, officious, pernicious, propitious, repetitious, seditious, siliceous, superstitious, suppositious, surreptitious, suspicious, vicious
 
 

Definition of flagitious in US English:

flagitious

adjectivefləˈdʒɪʃəsfləˈjiSHəs
formal
  • (of a person or their actions) criminal; villainous.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretence by a state legislature.
    Synonyms
    evil, sinful, immoral, wrong, morally wrong, wrongful, bad, iniquitous, corrupt, black-hearted, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, impious, base, mean, vile

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium ‘importunity, shameful crime’, from flagitare ‘demand earnestly’.

 
 
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