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flagitious

fla·gi·tious

UK/fləˈdʒɪʃəs/ uncommon literary

adjective

1.

shockingly brutal or cruel

  • “murder is an atrocious crime”
  • “a grievous offense against morality”
  • “a grievous crime”
  • “no excess was too monstrous for them to commit”
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Origin

From Old French flagitieux or Latin flāgitiōsus, both ultimately from flāgitium (“shameful crime”), related to flagrum (“whip”).

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