Flagitiousness

//fləˈdʒɪʃəsnəs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being flagitious; wickedness, infamy. uncountable

    "Anſelm calls a Synod at St. Paul’s, where was this Statute made; We condemn this Sodomitical Flagitiouſneſs in any, and thoſe that aſſiſt them, with a heavy Anathema."

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atrocitybasenessdevilryenormityerrorevil

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"Anſelm calls a Synod at St. Paul’s, where was this Statute made; We condemn this Sodomitical Flagitiouſneſs in any, and thoſe that aſſiſt them, with a heavy Anathema."

Etymology

From flagitious + -ness.

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