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egregious.

Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒəs//əˈɡɹiː.d͡ʒi.əs/
  1. Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.

    The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
  2. Outrageously bad; shocking.

Where this word comes from

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".

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