Fla*gi"tious (?), a. [L.
flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful
act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare
to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E.
flagrant.] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully
criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts,
crimes, etc.
Debauched principles and flagitious
practices.
I. Taylor.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt;
profligate; -- said of persons. Pope.
3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or
vices; as, flagitious times. Pope.
Syn. -- Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt;
profligate; abandoned. See Atrocious.
-- Fla*gi"tious*ly, adv. --
Fla*gi"tious*ness, n.
A sentence so flagitiously unjust.
Macaulay.
