flagitation
English
Etymology
Latin flagitatio.
Noun
flagitation (usually uncountable, plural flagitations)
- (archaic) importunity; urgent demand
- 1858 Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia
- 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
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flagitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)