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    Flagitious , 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.
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      Debauched principles and flagitious practices.
      I. Taylor.

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    2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.
      Pope.

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    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.
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      A sentence so flagitiously unjust.
      Macaulay.

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