egregious

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
    — The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
  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: […]

词形变化

more egregious comparative most egregious superlative

词源

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".
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