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单词 egregious
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egregiousadj.

Brit. /ᵻˈɡriːdʒəs/, U.S. /ᵻˈɡridʒəs/, /iˈɡridʒəs/
Forms: 1500s aegregius, 1500s egregius, 1500s egregyous, 1500s– egregious, 1600s egredgious.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ēgregius , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin ēgregius outstanding, excellent, splendid (also used sarcastically), pre-eminent, illustrious, literally ‘towering above the flock’ ( < ē- e- prefix2 + greg- , grex flock: see grex n.) + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French egregieux (a1506; rare), and also Middle French egrege (late 15th cent.; French †égrège), Old Occitan egregi (1433), Catalan egregi (14th cent.), Spanish egregio (late 14th cent.), Portuguese egrégio (15th cent.), Italian egregio (a1321).The negative use in sense 2 has no parallel in Latin or in the Romance languages; it appears to have arisen as an ironic use of sense 1.
1. In a positive sense.
a. Of a person, or his or her qualities: distinguished, eminent; great, renowned.In later use frequently intended to convey humorous or sarcastic exaggeration, and consequently blending with sense 2a.In quot. 1873 applied to a ram, with reference to the literal Latin use of ‘towering above the flock’: see the etymology.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
goodfulc1275
noblec1300
pricec1300
specialc1325
gentlec1330
fine?c1335
singulara1340
thrivena1350
thriven and throa1350
gaya1375
properc1380
before-passinga1382
daintiful1393
principala1398
gradelya1400
burlyc1400
daintyc1400
thrivingc1400
voundec1400
virtuousc1425
hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
beautiful1502
rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
to die1982
mint1982
epic1983
kicking1983
fabbo1984
mega1985
ill1986
posho1989
pukka1991
lovely jubbly1992
awesomesauce2001
nang2002
bess2006
amazeballs2009
boasty2009
daebak2009
beaut2013
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. iv. 172 Peda, the sonne of Penda, an ægregius [L. egregio] yonge jentilmanne.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. F3 Egregious Viceroyes of these Eastern parts.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. xxxviii. 23 Ooliab..was himself also an egregious [L. egregius] artificer in wood.
1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons iv. 36 in Elements Philos. I am not so egregious a Mathematician, as you are.
1738 T. Birch Life Milton in J. Milton Compl. Wks. I. App. 84 Egregious was their Loyalty and Veneration of Majesty.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. li. 134 Extraordinary encomiums were bestowed by all present,..[and] he found himself in a fair way of being an egregious favourite of the old gentlewoman.
1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 53. 1 There is a school book by the egregious John Amos Comenius,..in which the learned author has unfortunately given too much countenance to [etc.].
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xii. 122 When he wanted to draw..some one splendid and egregious, it was Clive he took for a model.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 80 An egregious sheep..Unearthed the image [of the Virgin Mary] in good Mailleville's time.
1901 F. W. Rolfe Chron. House Borgia 292 The evenings which this egregious lady spent in conversation with poets and scholars.
1926 ‘N. Shute’ Marazan vii. 223 He..asked if Her Excellency would have the egregious kindness to display her passport.
2004 Field & Stream Apr. 44/1 One of the Freckleses..had enough of Treadwell's egregious goodness and understanding and mauled him to death in broad daylight at his camp along the bear trails.
b. Of a thing: remarkably good; wonderful, extraordinary. Also of an utterance, piece of writing, etc.: striking, significant. Now archaic and rare.
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1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) Prol. sig. A.iiii This woorke..not a litle enlarged wythe moste liuelye sentences verye egregious, notable, and excellent.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iv. 11 Except..thou doe giue to me egregious Ransome. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 52 This is egregious doctrine, and for which one day charity will much thanke them.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 147 It [sc. emulsion] is especially of egregious use in Fevers.
1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 316 This Essay affords an egregious instance of the predominance of genius.
1963 L. Strauss & J. Cropsey Hist. Polit. Philos. 2 He [sc. Hermes] promises Odysseus an egregious herb which will make him safe against Circe's evil arts.
1985 L. Whistler Laughter & Urn xxiii. 215 He led me into some egregious adventures, like being presented at the first levee of the new reign.
2. In a negative sense. Conspicuously bad or wrong; blatant, flagrant; (later also) outrageous, offensive.
a. Of a person or his or her attributes; (also) of an organization, institution, etc.Apparently arising as an ironic use of sense 1a.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extravagant, excessive
overdoinga1425
ramping1484
egregious1566
desperatea1568
outlandish1588
hyperbolical1589
furious1671
wanton1680
outré1722
steep1856
plush horse1936
1566 J. Martiall Replie to Calfhills Blasphemous Answer vii. f. 166v Your glorious title will conuince you to be but an egregious foole.
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 33 Thai them selvs cannot dissemble it without egregius impudenci.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 211 Italian Fiend..Egregious murtherer.
1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 61 Egregious liars and impostors.
1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant v. 68 He wou'd be an egregious Ass who wou'd venture to lay out his Money in them [sc. jewels].
1796 R. Bage Hermsprong II. xiv. 118 I have not the egregious folly to suppose that what I have written, will give your lordship any sentiments, but of indignation.
1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 50 The egregious superstition of the higher orders.
1864 Morning Star 13 Sept. Every tradesman..with egregious bonhomie tries to cheat you.
1906 Surveyor 26 Jan. 84/1 It would appear therefore that the State itself is an egregious offender in ‘river pollution’.
1963 J. Love tr. G. Mollat Popes at Avignon ii. ii. 213 Pietro da Corbara was an egregious hypocrite, who made a show of asceticism while he secretly amassed ill-gotten gains.
2001 M. Yudkin Internet Marketing xviii. 221 Your egregious smugness and superciliousness disgust me.
b. Of an action or undertaking; (also) of a fact, situation, example of something, etc.
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1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. xxiii. 800 A shamefull prophanation of the Scripture, and an egregious slaunder to that honorable courte.
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 158 He toucheth severitie towards servants, as a hainous and egregious offence.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 47. ⁋2 People that want Sense, do always in an egregious Manner want Modesty.
1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 173 To bereave of his life a man not condemned by any legal trial, is so egregious an exercise of tyranny.
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ii. 22 An egregious waste of time.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. vii. 426 No blunder could have been more egregious.
1957 H. J. Eysenck Sense & Nonsense in Psychol. (1961) 63 Charcot..is known to posterity largely because of the egregious errors committed in his experimental studies of hypnosis.
1975 Time 16 June 18 The most egregious..employee expense is pensions.
1998 Indianapolis Star 18 July a14/2 The egregious violation of journalistic ethics by these news organizations and individuals.
3. Physically prominent; projecting. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]
steepc1000
tooting?c1225
strutting1387
prominent?1440
extant1540
eminent?1541
pouting1563
poking1566
out1576
egregious1578
promontory1579
out-pointed1585
buttinga1593
outjetting1598
perking1598
jettying1609
juttying1609
out-jutting1611
outstanding1611
upsticking1611
out-shooting1622
jutting1624
outgrowing1625
rank1625
toting1645
projectinga1652
porrected1653
protruded1654
protruding1654
upcast1658
protending1659
jettinga1661
raised1663
starting1680
emersed1686
exerted1697
projective1703
jet-out1709
exorbitant1715
sticking1715
foreright1736
poky1754
perked-up1779
salient1789
prouda1800
overdriven1812
extrusive1816
stand-up1818
shouldering1824
jutty1827
outflung1830
sticky-out1839
sticking-up1852
outreaching1853
protrusive1858
out-thrusting1869
stickout1884
protrudent1891
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man vii. f. 91v All the poynt, and egregious portion of the right side of this inuolucre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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