flagitious

== English == === Etymology === From Old French flagitieux or Latin flāgitiōsus, both ultimately from flāgitium (“shameful crime”), related to flagrum (“whip”). === Pronunciation === (UK, General American) IPA(key): /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/ === Adjective === flagitious (comparative more flagitious, superlative most flagitious) (literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal. 1716 Nov 7th, quoted from 1742, probably Alexander Pope, God's Revenge Against Punning, from Miscellanies, 3rd volume, page 227: This young Nobleman was not only a flagitious Punster himself, but was accessary to the Punning of others, by Consent, by Provocation, by Connivance, and by Defence of the Evil committed […] . (literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous. Synonyms: infamous, scandalous, nefarious, iniquitous ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===