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Word: Flagitious
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium ‘importunity, shameful crime’, from flagitare ‘demand earnestly’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
fləˈdʒɪʃəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a person or their actions) criminal; villainous.
Short Definition:criminal
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