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flagitious

adjective fla·gi·tious \flə-ˈji-shəs\

Definition of FLAGITIOUS

:  marked by scandalous crime or vice :  villainous
— fla·gi·tious·ly adverb
— fla·gi·tious·ness noun
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Origin of FLAGITIOUS

Middle English flagicious, from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium shameful thing
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with FLAGITIOUS

ambitious, auspicious, capricious, delicious, factitious, fictitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, nutritious, officious, pernicious, propitious, pumiceous, seditious, sericeous, suspicious

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