EGREGIOUS


Meaning of EGREGIOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈgrē-jəs ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin egregius, from e- + greg-, grex herd — more at gregarious

Date: circa 1534

1. archaic : distinguished

2. : conspicuous ; especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant

egregious errors

egregious padding of the evidence — Christopher Hitchens

• egre·gious·ly adverb

• egre·gious·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.