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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2022-04-05 07:35 am

flagitious

flagitious (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.
mount_oregano: and let me translate (translate)

[personal profile] mount_oregano 2022-04-06 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for this word, which as you point out, is useful today.