2 September 2013

flagitious

[fluh-jish-uhs]

adjective

1. shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
2. heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English flagicious < Latin flāgitiōsus, equivalent to flāgiti ( um ) shame, scandal + -ōsus -ous

Related forms
fla·gi·tious·ly, adverb
fla·gi·tious·ness, noun
non·fla·gi·tious, adjective
non·fla·gi·tious·ly, adverb
non·fla·gi·tious·ness, noun

Synonym: corrupt

Today’s aphorism

We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

– unknown.

On this day

2 – 5 September 1666 – Great Fire of London. It destroyed 13,200 homes, leaving 70,000 of the 80,000 inhabitants homeless, 87 churches, St Paul’s Cathedral.

2 September 1752 – last day of the Julian calendar as the British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar. To balance the books, the next 10 days (3 – 13 September) are written off so the Gregorian commences on 14 September, which should have been 3 September in the Julian calendar.

2 September 1945 – Japan signs the ‘Instrument of Surrender’, on the USS Missouri, bringing World War II to an end.

2 September 1951 – Australia, New Zealand and United States sign the ANZUS Security Treaty, a defence pact.