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flagitous

flagitous is the rare form of flagitious.

Meaning of flagitious

Adjective

flagitious (comparative more flagitious, superlative most flagitious)

  1. (literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
    • 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 […] .1716 Nov 7th, quoted from 1742, probably Alexander Pope, God's Revenge Against Punning, from Miscellanies, 3rd volume, page 227
  2. (literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
    • But if in Noble Minds ſome Dregs remain, / Not yet purg'd off, of Spleen and ſow'r Diſdain, / Diſcharge that Rage on more Provoking Crimes, / Nor fear a Dearth on theſe Flagitious Times.1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, page 30

Forms of flagitous

comparativemore flagitous
superlativemost flagitous

Questions about flagitous

What is flagitous the rare form of?
Flagitous is the rare form of flagitious.

Words near flagitous in the dictionary

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

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