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Definition of Flagitious
1. Adjective. Extremely wicked, deeply criminal. "Heinous accusations"
2. Adjective. Shockingly brutal or cruel. "No excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Atrociousness, Atrocity, Atrocity, Monster, Monstrosity
Definition of Flagitious
1. a. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
Definition of Flagitious
1. Adjective. (literary) Extremely brutal or cruel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flagitious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagitious
Literary usage of Flagitious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"flagitious, in Latin ... the consecration of himself to the stricter duties of
religion, lest by some flagitious action he should bring piety into disgrace. ..."
2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"Leon, and Castile—flagitious conduct of the junta of Seville—Mr. Stuart endeavours
to establish the northern cortez— Activity of the council of Castile; ..."
3. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... make the bold, unqualified, and certainly unfounded assertion, that the
documents connected with the transaction prove such a flagitious attempt on the ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Der. flagitious-ly, -ness. FIX, to bind, fasten. (F., —L.) Originally a pp.
as in Chaucer, CT 16147. [^ e a'so nnd a ME verb fichen, to fix, ..."
5. The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero by Conyers Middleton (1818)
"disappointments, ruined fortunes, and flagitious lives, had prepared for any
design against the state ; and all whose hopes of ease and advancement depended ..."
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