Egregious

Wednesday 30^th November 2016

Egregious - /ɪˈɡriːdʒəs/

Adjective 

1) Outstandingly bad; shocking

2) archaic Remarkably good.

Example sentences

Adjective

‘Egregious abuses of copyright’

‘I am not so egregious a mathematician as you are’

Origin

Mid 16th century (in egregious): from Latin egregius illustrious, literally standing out from the flock, from ex- out + grex, greg- flock. Sense 1 (late 16th century) probably arose as an ironic use.

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