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Egregious

//ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.

    "The student has made egregious errors on the examination."

  2. 2
    Outrageously bad; shocking.

    "Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible wordnet

Etymology

From Latin ēgregius, from 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".

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