flagitious
/fləˈdʒɪʃəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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 […] ."
- "The duke found his soldiery half disciplined, flagitious, disorderly and inefficient: he rendered them, in his own words, a "perfect organ.""
- "As flagitious as he can be, Mr. Trump has been a legitimate news figure and, thus, what he had to say should be aired."
- "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."
- "Less extensively mischievous, tyrannicide would be less flagitious than populicide; murder of one, though he were a Secretary of State; or—but imagination must stop here—than murder of a promiscuous multitude of unarmed men, women, and children."
- "As he entered he boomed: "Monstrous! Flagitious!""
Etymology
From Old French flagitieux or Latin flāgitiōsus, both ultimately from flāgitium (“shameful crime”), related to flagrum (“whip”).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: flagitieux, flāgitiōsus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/
- British English: /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more flagitious (comparative)
most flagitious (superlative)