Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLA-GI'TIOUS, a. [L. flagitium, a scandalous crime, probably from the root of flagrant.]

1. Deeply criminal; grossly wicked; villainous; atrocious; scandalous; as, a flagitious action or crime. South.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; wicked; as, a flagitious person. Pope.
3. Marked or infected with scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Pope.