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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryegre·gious \i-ˈgrē-jəs\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Latin egregius, from e- + greg-, grex herd — more at gregarious DATE circa 15341. archaic : distinguished2. conspicuous; especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant egregious errors egregious padding of the evidence — Christopher Hitchens• egre·gious·ly adverb• egre·gious·ness nounEnglish Etymologyegregious 1530s, from L. egregius, from the phrase ex grege "rising above the flock," from ex "out of" + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock." Disapproving sense, now predominant, arose 16c., originally ironic and is not in the Latin word, which etymologically means simply "exceptional." Related: Egregiously.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7egregiousegre·gious / i5^ri:dViEs / adjective (formal)extremely bad 极糟的；极坏的Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedegre·gious\ə̇ˈgrējəs, ēˈ- sometimes -jēəs\ adjectiveEtymology: Latin egregius, from e out of (from ex) + greg-, grex flock, herd — more at ex-, gregarious1. archaic : remarkable for good quality : distinguished, striking2. : conspicuous for bad quality or taste : notorious < the egregious epicure who condescended to take only one bite out of the sunny side of a peach — J.G.Lockhart > < a bilious combination of brummagem melodrama and synthetic seascapes … the picture is egregious — John McCarten >3. a. : extraordinary, extreme < a published story which seemed too egregious to be believed — Economist > b. : flagrant < egregious errors > < some Germans, conditioned by experience to egregiousbehavior on the part of their rulers — E.J.Kahn >4. : asocial < it is rather a gregarious instinct to keep together by minding each other's business … we must be preserved from becoming egregious — Robert Frost >• egre·gious·ly adverb• egre·gious·ness noun -es

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