flagitious
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prettygoodwordflagitious (fluh-JISH-uhs) - adj., guilty of terrible crimes, extremely brutal or wicked, heinous, monstrous.
:points to Ukrainian territory occupied by Russian forces:
From the 14th century as Middle English flagicious, wicked, from Latin flāgitiōsus, from flāgitium, shameful act, related to flagrum, whip (which also gave us flagellate) -- so, worthy of being whipped.
---L.
:points to Ukrainian territory occupied by Russian forces:
From the 14th century as Middle English flagicious, wicked, from Latin flāgitiōsus, from flāgitium, shameful act, related to flagrum, whip (which also gave us flagellate) -- so, worthy of being whipped.
---L.
