Associations to the word «Flagitious»
Noun
Adverb
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Wiktionary
FLAGITIOUS, adjective. (literary) Of people: guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
FLAGITIOUS, adjective. (literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
Dictionary definition
FLAGITIOUS, adjective. Extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations".
FLAGITIOUS, adjective. 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".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.