flagitation

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noun

begging; passionate asking

OriginLatin flagitatio →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounflagitation (usually uncountable, plural flagitations)

plural flagitations

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallybegging; passionate asking

    By French industry and flagitation, the Swedish Army was generally kept-up to about 20,000[.]

    1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia

Origin

  1. Latinflagitatio
  2. Englishflagitation

Latin flagitatio.

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APA

flagitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flagitation

MLA

“flagitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flagitation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flagitation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flagitation.

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