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egregious (ih-GREE-jus) adjective

Conspicuously bad or offensive. See Synonyms at flagrant.

[From Latin gregius, outstanding : -, ex-, ex- + grex, greg-, herd; see ger- in Indo-European Roots.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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