Words Seldom Seen: Egregious

Egregious

Adjective: Outstandingly bad or shocking.

Example: “The American’s egregious behavior did not endear them to the locals.”

Interestingly egregious archaically used to mean outstandingly good. It is an example of a word on the move.


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