English[]
Etymology[]
Old French flagitieux or Latin flāgitiōsus, both ultimately from flāgitium (“shameful crime”).
Pronunciation[]
- (UK) IPA(key): /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/
Adjective[]
flagitious (comparative more flagitious, superlative most flagitious)
(literary) (of people) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal. (literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
Synonyms[]
- (extremely brutal or cruel): infamous, scandalous, nefarious, iniquitous
See also[]
- flagitous