Dictionary

egregious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒi.əs/
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• /ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin grex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin ēgregiusbor. English egregious 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".

Meanings

1. Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
   • The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
   • 16th century, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto, I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
   • Good Heaven! when we observe what egregious nonsense other people talk, what woful follies other people commit, sure we must be tempted to turn upon ourselves and ask—"What do I do that is equally silly?" 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 257:
   • My lord, you give me most egregious indignity. c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
   • She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection ... It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal: ... her gorgeousness being so egregious that even breezes oblige with their tousle-fanning effects ... 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
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: […] 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:

Forms

Deriveds

egregiously · egregiosity · unegregious · egregiousness

Relateds

egregia cum laude

Translations (49)

fi räikeä (outrageously bad) · pt ultrajante (outrageously bad) · ca conspicu (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · fi törkeä (outrageously bad) · cs neslýchaný (outrageously bad) · es egregio (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · de außergewöhnlich (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · cs nehorázný (outrageously bad) · es garrafal (outrageously bad) · fr inouï (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · sv flagrant (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · es craso (outrageously bad) · is svívirðilegur (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · hu szörnyű (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · it oltraggioso (outrageously bad) · fi ennenkuulumaton (outrageously bad) · de unerhört (outrageously bad) · fi törkeä (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · fr flagrant (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · pl rażący (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · is smánarlegur (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · bg отя́влен (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · bg въпи́ещ (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · de entsetzlich (outrageously bad) · fi ennenkuulumaton (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · fi räikeä (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · it disdicevole (outrageously bad) · de unerhört (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · ca egregi (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · de ungeheuerlich (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · cs do nebe volající (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · it vergognoso (outrageously bad) · ca dolentíssim (outrageously bad) · pt odioso (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · cs do očí bijící (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · is erki- (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · no uhørt (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · ru отъя́вленный (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · cs přemrštěný (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · de ungeheuerlich (outrageously bad) · ca flagrant (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · cs mimořádný (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · pt atroz (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · nl ongehoord (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · no flagrant (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · fa فاحش (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · ru вопию́щий (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · cs náramný (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding) · nl flagrant (conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding)