EGREGIOUS


Meaning of EGREGIOUS in English

adj.1 outstandingly bad; shocking (egregious folly; an egregious ass).

2 archaic or joc. remarkable.

Derivatives:

egregiously adv. egregiousness n.

Etymology: L egregius illustrious, lit. 'standing out from the flock' f. grex gregis flock

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.