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flagitious.

Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/fləˈdʒɪʃəs/General-American, UK
  1. Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.

    literary
  2. Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.

    literary
Where this word comes from

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

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