egregious
adjective/ɪˈɡriːdʒiəs/
/ɪˈɡriːdʒiəs/
(formal)- extremely bad
- egregious behaviour
- an egregious error
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEgregious is used with these nouns:- error
- example
- sin
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning remarkably good): from Latin egregius ‘illustrious’, literally ‘standing out from the flock’, from ex- ‘out’ + grex, greg- ‘flock’. The current sense probably arose as an ironical use.
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