Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

egregious  

 

extraordinarily bad; flagrant: 

 

A particularly egregious error, costing the company tens of thousands of dollars, brought about the dismissal of the bookkeeper and the reassignment of the manager. 

 

Related English word: egregiousness. 

 

Latin root word: egregius, egregia, egregium - distinguished, excellent

 

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