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English Dictionary: egregious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for egregious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egregious adj conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" Synonym(s): crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egregious \Egre"gious\ (?; 277), a. [L. egregius; lit., separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished, excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See {Gregarious}.] Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious* rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake. The egregious impudence of this fellow. --Bp. Hall. His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. --Milton.