# flagitious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fləˈdʒɪʃəs/

## Definitions
1. Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
2. Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flagitious