Egregious Definition

ĭ-grējəs, -jē-əs
adjective
Remarkable.
Webster's New World
Outstanding for undesirable qualities; remarkably bad; flagrant.
An egregious error.
Webster's New World
Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
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Origin of Egregious

  • From Latin prefix 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".

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin ēgregius outstanding ē-, ex- ex- grex greg- herd ger- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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