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flagitious
English
Etymology
Old French flagitieux or Latin fl?giti?sus, both ultimately from fl?gitium (“shameful crime”), related to flagrum (“whip”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fl??d????s/
Adjective
flagitious (comparative more flagitious, superlative most flagitious)
- (literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
- 1716 Nov 7th, quoted from 1742, probably Alexander Pope, God's Revenge Against Punning, from Miscellanies, 3rd volume, page 227:
- 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 […] .
- 1716 Nov 7th, quoted from 1742, probably Alexander Pope, God's Revenge Against Punning, from Miscellanies, 3rd volume, page 227:
- (literary) Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
- Synonyms: infamous, scandalous, nefarious, iniquitous
- 1959 (1985), Rex Stout, "Assault on a Brownstone", Death Times Three, page 186:
- As he entered he boomed: "Monstrous! Flagitious!"
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iniquitous
English
Etymology
iniquity +? -ous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n?kw?t?s/
Adjective
iniquitous (comparative more iniquitous, superlative most iniquitous)
- wicked or sinful
- morally objectionable
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- (wicked): flagitious, nefarious
- (morally objectionable): perverse
Antonyms
- righteous
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