Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Flagitious

Flagitious , adjective

[Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; compare flagrare to burn, English flagrant.]

1.
Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
Debauched principles and flagitious practices. — I. Taylor
2.
Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. — Pope
3.
Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. — Pope
A sentence so flagitiously unjust. — Macaulay