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egregious
English
Etymology
From Latin ?gregius, 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".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????i?.d??s/, /????i?.d?i.?s/
- Rhymes: -i?d??s
Adjective
egregious (comparative more egregious, superlative most egregious)
- conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
- 16thC, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto,
- I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
- c1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act 2, Scene 3,
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
- 16thC, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto,
- Outrageously bad; shocking.
Usage notes
The negative meaning arose in the late 16th century, probably originating in sarcasm. Before that, it meant outstanding in a good way. Webster also gives “distinguished” as an archaic meaning, and notes that contemporary usage often has an unpleasant connotation (for example, “an egregious error”). It generally precedes such epithets as ass, blunderer, rascal, and rogue. The Italian as well as Spanish cognate egregio has retained a strictly positive sense, as has the Portuguese cognate egrégio.
Related terms
- egregia cum laude
Derived terms
- egregiously
- egregiousness
Translations
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abysmal
English
Etymology
abysm +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??b?z.m?l/
- Rhymes: -?zm?l
Adjective
abysmal (comparative more abysmal, superlative most abysmal)
- (now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
- Synonyms: unending, profound, fathomless, immeasurable
- 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling
- The latter [geology] gives one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space. [First attested in the early 19th century.]}}
- (figuratively) extremely bad; terrible.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "abysmal" is often applied: ignorance, record, performance, poverty, conditions, quality, perplexity, result, service, and failure.
Translations
References
Further reading
- abysmal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- abysmal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- balsamy
Portuguese
Adjective
abysmal (plural abysmaes, comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of abismal
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