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Gregarious

//ɡɹɪˈɡɛɚ.i.əs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
  2. 2
    Of animals that travel in herds or packs.

    "The Fin-Back is not gregarious. He seems a whale-hater, as some men are man-haters."

  3. 3
    Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
  4. 4
    Pertaining to a flock or crowd.
Adjective
  1. 1
    instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others wordnet
  2. 2
    (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species wordnet
  3. 3
    (of plants) growing in groups that are close together wordnet

Etymology

First attested in 1688; borrowed from Latin gregārius, see -ious.

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