To demand or request urgently and persistently; to beg earnestly or shamefully.
From Latin flagitare (to demand urgently, to beg, to rage), possibly related to flagrum (whip or scourge), suggesting a forceful demanding. Entered English in the 16th century through scholarly texts.
This Latin-derived word suggests that demanding something 'flagitately' has an almost violent urgency to it—the connection to 'flagrum' (whip) hints at the aggressive nature of relentless begging or demanding.
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