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.
E*gre"gious*ly (?), adv. Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.
E*gre"gious*ness (?; 277), n. The state of being egregious.
Eg"re*moin (?), n. [See Agrimony.] Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria). [Obs.] Chaucer.
E"gress (?), n. [L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade.] 1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.
Embarred from all egress and regress.
Holland.
Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress.
Milton.
2. (Astron.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.
E*gress" (?), v. i. To go out; to depart; to leave.
E*gres"sion (?), n. [L. egressio.] The act of going; egress. [R.] B. Jonson.