Egregious

egregious
[ih-gree-juh s, -jee-uh s]

Examples Word Origin
adjective
1.
extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant:
an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
Synonyms: gross, outrageous, notorious, shocking.
Antonyms: tolerable, moderate, minor, unnoticeable.
2.
Archaic. distinguished or eminent.
Origin of egregious Expand
Latin
1525-15351525-35; < Latin ēgregius preeminent, equivalent to ē- e-1+ greg-, stem of grēx flock + -ius adj. suffix; see -ous
Related forms
egregiously, adverb
egregiousness, noun
nonegregious, adjective
nonegregiously, adverb
nonegregiousness, noun

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Examples from the Web for egregious Expand
Contemporary Examples
But the most egregious windfall was the $400 million gain racked up by Third Point Capital.

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April 1, 2013
The bad-boy tennis star, now 60, lets us know that most of the stories of his egregious behavior are true.

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On Meet the Press, the bank’s CEO admitted his company’s “ egregious ” mistake and expressed his desire to clear up any wrongdoing.

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Regardless, she’s phenomenal, and it’s egregious not to give her the Best Actress trophy, let alone not to even nominate her.

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July 9, 2014
After von Schirach glossed over his egregious past, Frost asked him if there was anything that he regretted.

‘A Fiery Tribune’
Clive Irving
August 31, 2013
Historical Examples
“You say she once made advances to you,” I said, with a horrid suspicion at my heart that I had been an egregious fool.

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine – Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844
Various
He felt happier now that he had pricked the egregious fellow’s vanity.

Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine
Lax as Harry is, one hesitates to saddle him with such an egregious contradiction.

Sir William Wallace
A. F. Murison
But he in his egregious vanity must of cours e misunderstand.

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Rafael Sabatini
When Wade wrote of the great dead he was egregious, but in conversation he was familiar and fond.

Tales Of Men And Ghosts
Edith Wharton

British Dictionary definitions for egregious Expand
egregious
/ɪˈɡriːdʒəs; -dʒɪəs/
adjective
1.
outstandingly bad; flagrant: an egregious lie
2.
(archaic) distinguished; eminent
Derived Forms
egregiously, adverb
egregiousness, noun
Word Origin
C16: from Latin ēgregius outstanding (literally: standing out from the herd), from ē- out + grex flock, herd
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Word Origin and History for egregious Expand
adj.
1530s, “distinguished, eminent, excellent,” from Latin egregius “distinguished, excellent, extraordinary,” from the phrase ex grege “rising above the flock,” from ex “out of” (see ex- ) + grege, ablative of grex “herd, flock” (see gregarious ).

Disapproving sense, now predominant, arose late 16c., originally ironic and is not in the Latin word, which etymologically means simply “exceptional.” Related: Egregiously ; egregiousness.