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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for October 28, 1999
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egregious [adj. ih-GREE-jus]
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Something that is egregious is so outstandingly bad that it's
flagrant. Example: "The movie was marred by a series of flaws,
including the egregious error of showing the boom mike hovering at
the top of the screen."
Here is a word that has reversed its meaning. Originally, it was
used in a flattering sense to describe someone who stood out among
peers for special accomplishment or talent. But through pejoration,
a process in which a word's meaning worsens over time and becomes
insulting, the word's sense reversed.
The root of this word is Latin egregius (outstanding), a compound of
the prefix ex- (out of) and grex (flock; herd). Here are
more "flock" words:
aggregate: gathered into a whole; to gather together
segregate: to separate or isolate from a group
congregate: come together into a crowd or assembly
gregarious: seeking and enjoying the company of others
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