Word of the Day for Monday, January 11, 2010
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flagitious \fluh-JISH-uhs\, adjective:
flagitious \fluh-JISH-uhs\, adjective:
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1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.
3. Characterized by enormous crimes or scandalous vices; as, "flagitious times."
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The B.O. is a nefarious, flagitious, sly, intolerant socialist-Marxist who, for reasons never fully understood, lives in a big white house in the middle of Washington D.C.!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Flagitious comes from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium, "a shameful or disgraceful act," originally, "a burning desire, heat of passion," from flagitare, "to demand earnestly or hotly," connected with flagrare, "to blaze, to burn."
Flagitious comes from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium, "a shameful or disgraceful act," originally, "a burning desire, heat of passion," from flagitare, "to demand earnestly or hotly," connected with flagrare, "to blaze, to burn."
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