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egrecious

egrecious is the misspelling of egregious.

Meaning of egregious

Adjective

egregious (comparative more egregious, superlative most egregious)

  1. Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
    • The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
  2. Outrageously bad; shocking.
    • Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III

Questions about egrecious

What is egrecious the misspelling of?
Egrecious is the misspelling of egregious.

Words near egrecious in the dictionary

  1. EGPRS
  2. EGPWS
  3. EGR
  4. egranulose
  5. egre
  6. egrecious
  7. egregiosities
  8. egregiosity
  9. egregious
  10. egregiously
  11. egregiousness

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