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bardiphoukaFlagitous one who was “guilty of or addicted to atrocious crimes; deeply criminal, extremely wicked”, as the Oxford English Dictionary comprehensively puts it.
You did not think I was going to refrain from quoting the OED at some point,eh? As you make have guessed, this word is a close cousin to the slightly more common 'flagellate' or to whip. So one could say.."What do I think of Wall Street? I think the flagitous fiends should be flagellated.
You did not think I was going to refrain from quoting the OED at some point,eh? As you make have guessed, this word is a close cousin to the slightly more common 'flagellate' or to whip. So one could say.."What do I think of Wall Street? I think the flagitous fiends should be flagellated.
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Date: 2011-10-05 10:30 am (UTC)I suppose..just as one can have a deliciously wicked mine that is only criminal on occasion.