Weird Word Wednesday

egregious

adjective  egre·gious \i-ˈgrē-jəs\

Definition of egregious

1

archaic :  distinguished

2

:  conspicuous; especially :  conspicuously bad :  flagrant egregious errors

egregious padding of the evidence — Christopher Hitchens

egregiously adverb

egregiousness noun

Origin and Etymology of egregious

Latin egregius, from e- + greg-, grex herd — more at gregarious

First Known Use: circa 1534

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