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<h1>Flageolet</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flag"eo*let`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>flageolet</ets>, dim. of OF. <ets>flaj<?/l</ets> (as if fr. a LL. <ets>flautio</ets>;<ets>us</ets>), of <ets>fla\'81te</ets>, <ets>flahute</ets>, F. <ets>fl<?/te</ets>. See <er>Flute</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder.</def>

<cs><col>Flageolet tones</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flagginess</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flag"gi*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Flagging</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flag"ging</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.</def>

<h1>Flagging</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flag"ging</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Flag"ging*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Flaggy</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flag"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Weak; flexible; limber.</def> "<i>Flaggy</i> wings."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tasteless; insipid; <as>as, a <ex>flaggy</ex> apple</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Flaggy</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flag"gy</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From 5th <er>Flag</er>.]</ety> <def>Abounding with the plant called <i>flag</i>; <as>as, a <ex>flaggy</ex> marsh</as>.</def>

<h1>Flagitate</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flag"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flagitatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>flagitare</ets> to demand. See <er>Flagitious</er>.]</ety> <def>To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Carcyle.</i>

<h1>Flagitation</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Flag`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flagitatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Importunity; urgent demand.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Flagitious</h1> <Xpage=566>

<hw>Fla*gi"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flagitiosus</ets>, fr. <ets>flagitium</ets> a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from <ets>flagitare</ets> to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. <ets>flagrare</ets> to burn, E. <ets>flagrant</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Debauched principles and <b>flagitious</b> practices. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>