flagitious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/    美 /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal. literary
    — 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 […] .
  2. Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous. literary
    — But if in Noble Minds ſome Dregs remain, / Not yet purg'd off, of Spleen and ſow'r Diſdain, / Diſcharge that Rage on more Provoking Crimes, / Nor fear a Dearth on theſe Flagitious Times.

词形变化

more flagitious comparative most flagitious superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
flagacious flagitiously flagitiousness

词源

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