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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)

  1. 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.
  2. 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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bald

English

Etymology

From Middle English bald, balde, belde, ballid, balled (bald), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (ball, round object, knoll, head). Compare with Old Danish bældet (bald).

Alternate etymology has Gothic ????????????????- (bala-, shining, grey (of body)), Old English b?l (fire, flame; funeral pyre) (both from Proto-Germanic *b?l?), Albanian balë (white spot on the forehead) and ball (forehead).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /b??ld/, [b???d] Non-standard: IPA(key): /b??ld/, [b??ld]
  • (US) IPA(key): /b?ld/; (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /b?ld/
  • Rhymes: -??ld
  • Homophone: balled

Adjective

bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest)

  1. Having no hair, fur or feathers.
    Synonym: hairless
    Antonyms: faxed, haired
    • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
      The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.
  2. (specifically) Having no hair on the head.
  3. (by extension) Denuded of any covering.
  4. Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
  5. (of a statement or account) Unembellished.
  6. (of a statement) Without evidence or support being provided.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

bald (plural balds)

  1. (Appalachia) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

Verb

bald (third-person singular simple present balds, present participle balding, simple past and past participle balded)

  1. (intransitive) To become bald.

See also

  • callow
  • nott

Translations

Further reading

  • bald on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Appalachian balds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • ABDL, DLAB, blad

German

Etymology

From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?el-. Cognate with Dutch boud, English bold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balt/
  • Homophone: ballt

Adverb

bald (comparative eher or früher, superlative am ehesten or frühesten)

  1. soon, near in time
    Synonyms: demnächst, in Kürze, zeitnah
  2. almost
    Synonyms: fast, beinahe

Derived terms

  • alsbald
  • bis bald
  • in Bälde
  • sobald

Related terms

  • -bold

Further reading

  • “bald” in Duden online

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b?ld/, [b??d]

Adjective

bald (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of beald

Declension


Old High German

Alternative forms

  • pald

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bald/

Adjective

bald

  1. bold, quick

Derived terms

  • bald?
  • baldo

Descendants

  • Middle High German: balt

References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.

Adjective

bald (comparative baldoro, superlative baldost)

  1. bold, fearless

Declension




Descendants

  • Middle Low German: bald, bold, balt, bolt
    • German Low German: bold, boll

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