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Added 10 October 2026

flagitious

/fləˈdʒɪʃəs/ adjective

Latin root: flāgitiōsus Wiktionary

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Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.

Origin

From Old French flagitieux or Latin flāgitiōsus, both ultimately from flāgitium (“shameful crime”), related to flagrum (“whip”).

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