egregious

/ɪɡˈɹidʒəs/ih-GREE-juhs

Meaningout of the flock

Common meaning: shockingly bad

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grega flock, herdLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 830 · scan
iousadjective ending: full of, marked by

‘out’ + ‘a flock, herd’ → egregious

Journey through time

Aryan root · reconstructed√GAR‘assemble’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 93, p. 733 · scan
Latingrex, gregis‘a flock, herd’
Englishegregious‘shockingly bad’ · today

e- also in: emit eject erase erect erode

greg also in: gregarious aggregate segregate congregate congregation

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin grex ‘a flock, herd’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry grex, p. 830 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry EGREGIOUS, p. 186 · dictionary scan

Roots

grex, gregis Latin “a flock, herd”

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