Hypertext Webster Gateway: "egregious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Egregious \E*gre"gious\ (?; 277), a. [L. egregius; lit.,
separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished,
excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See {Gregarious}.]
Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); --
formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now
joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious
rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.
The egregious impudence of this fellow. --Bp. Hall.
His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be
neglected. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
egregious
adj : conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation
of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross
ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn:
{crying(a)}, {flagrant}, {glaring}, {gross}, {rank}]
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