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 Atracious. -- Fla*gi"tious*ly, adv. -- Fla*gi"tious*ness, n.
A sentence so flagitiously unjust.
Macaulay.
© Webster 1913.