egregious
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egregious
- /ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/
- /əˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒi.əs/
Rhymes with -iːdʒəs
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin grex
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin ēgregiusbor.
English egregious
From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock".
adjective more egregious · most egregious
- Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense. The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
- Outrageously bad; shocking. Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and
