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egregious

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GRECAT
DEFINITION

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

WEBSTER'S 1913

Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'ex-' (out) + 'grues' (shocking)

SYNONYMS
IN LITERATURE

Beauty had been struck down by his egregious folly, and there he stood--a wretch!

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

William Blackstone used the term for significant and egregious violations of public trust of a nature and extent that the transgression would justify a revolutionary response.

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