Definition of "flagitious" in Englisch

adjective

1. (literary) Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.

   • This young Nobleman was not only a flagitious Punster himself, but was accessary to the Punning of others, by Consent, by Provocation, by Connivance, and by Defence of the Evil committed […] .

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