Egregious
/ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
"The student has made egregious errors on the examination."
- 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 conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible wordnet
Example
More examples"The group's infractions were so egregious that we were forced to arrest them."
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".