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flagitiousness

UK/fləˈdʒɪʃəsnəs/

flagitiousness noun: the state or quality of being flagitious; wickedness, infamy.

Noun

flagitiousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being flagitious; wickedness, infamy.
    • Anſelm calls a Synod at St. Paul’s, where was this Statute made; We condemn this Sodomitical Flagitiouſneſs in any, and thoſe that aſſiſt them, with a heavy Anathema.1718, Isaac Sharpe, An Historical Account Of the Rise and Growth of Heresie in the Christian Church, etc., part 1, page 74
    • [H]ow can he esteem himself, when conscience will ever upbraid him with the participation in an act, whose flagitiousness is so great, that unless he renounces the character of man, his very share would be sufficient to sink him under the most ignominious contempt […]?1790, John ‘Walking’ Stewart, The Moral State of Nations, or Travels Over the Most Interesting Parts of the Globe, etc., the 1837 edition, page 28

Examples of flagitiousness in a sentence

  • [T]he man of sensibility, who thus, perhaps, complains, by his promiscuous amours produces a most destructive barrenness and contagious flagitiousness of manners.1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London...
  • The papers have lately advanced in boldness and flagitiousness beyond even themselves.September 6, 1808, Thomas Jefferson, “Letter to William Short”, in Jefferson: Political Writings, Cambridge U Press (3rd edition, 2005), p....

Origin of flagitiousness

From flagitious + -ness.

Questions about flagitiousness

What does flagitiousness mean?
Flagitiousness means the state or quality of being flagitious; wickedness, infamy.
How do you use flagitiousness in a sentence?
[T]he man of sensibility, who thus, perhaps, complains, by his promiscuous amours produces a most destructive barrenness and contagious flagitiousness of manners.
What part of speech is flagitiousness?
Flagitiousness is a noun.
How do you pronounce flagitiousness?
Flagitiousness is pronounced /fləˈdʒɪʃəsnəs/ (UK).

Words near flagitiousness in the dictionary

  1. flagitating
  2. flagitation
  3. flagitations
  4. flagitious
  5. flagitiously
  6. flagitiousness
  7. flagitous
  8. Flagler
  9. Flagler Beach
  10. Flagler County
  11. Flaglers

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