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flagitious
/fləˈdʒɪʃəs/
adj 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
disciplined, disorderly, half, inefficient
VERB + FLAGITIOUS
manners
FLAGITIOUS + NOUN
himself, punster
ADV.
merely, only
Definitions
adj
1
Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
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 […] .
The duke found his soldiery half disciplined, flagitious, disorderly and inefficient: he rendered them, in his own words, a "perfect organ."
2
Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
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.
Less extensively mischievous, tyrannicide would be less flagitious than populicide; murder of one, though he were a Secretary of State; or—but imagination must stop here—than murder of a promiscuous multitude of unarmed men, women, and children.
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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 […] .
Wiktionary02
The duke found his soldiery half disciplined, flagitious, disorderly and inefficient: he rendered them, in his own words, a "perfect organ."
Wiktionary03
As flagitious as he can be, Mr. Trump has been a legitimate news figure and, thus, what he had to say should be aired.
Wiktionary04
Manners were not flagitious, they were merely of a nauseous insipidity.
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