flagitiousness

== English == === Etymology === From flagitious +‎ -ness. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fləˈdʒɪʃəsnəs/ === Noun === flagitiousness (uncountable) The state or quality of being flagitious; wickedness, infamy. September 6, 1808, Thomas Jefferson, “Letter to William Short”, in Jefferson: Political Writings, Cambridge U Press (3rd edition, 2005), p. 276 The papers have lately advanced in boldness and flagitiousness beyond even themselves.