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Flagitious — Fla*gi tious, a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flagitiously — Flagitious Fla*gi tious, a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flagitiousness — Flagitious Fla*gi tious, a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flagitious — adjective Etymology: Middle English flagicious, from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium shameful thing Date: 14th century marked by scandalous crime or vice ; villainous • flagitiously adverb • flagitiousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
flagitious — flagitiously, adv. flagitiousness, n. /fleuh jish euhs/, adj. 1. shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times. 2. heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous. [1350 1400; ME flagicious < L flagitiosus, equiv. to flagiti(um) shame, scandal +… … Universalium
Cataulacus — Cataulacus … Wikipédia en Français
Cataulacus — Cataulacus … Википедия
disgraceful — I adjective abominable atrocious, base, beneath ones dignity, blameworthy, censurable, compromising, contemptible, damaging, deflated, degrading, demeaning, demoralizing, deplorable, derogatory, deserving reproach, despicable, detestable,… … Law dictionary
flagicioso — flagicioso, a (ant.) adj. Se aplicaba al que había cometido muchos delitos. * * * flagicioso, sa. (Del lat. flagitiōsus). adj. ant. Que comete muchos y graves delitos … Enciclopedia Universal
ADRASTIA — I. ADRASTIA Iovis ac Necessitatis filia, scelerum vindex acerrima, quam nemo flagitiosus, neque magnus, neque parvus, vi aut clam effugere potest. Aliô nomine Nemesis dicitur, eiusque sedem Aegyptii Sacerdotes supra Lunam constituerunt, ut inde,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
