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flagitious

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  1. vicious               
 
fla.gi.tious \fl*-'jish-*s\ aj [ME flagicious, fr. L flagitiosus, fr. 
   flagitium shameful thi]ng; akin to L flagrum whip : marked by outrageous or 
   scandalous crime or vice : VILLAINOUS  - fla.gi.tious.ly av