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grex
Latin · ancient
"flock, herd"
flock, herd, combined with ex- (out of)
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egregius
Latin · ancient
"standing out from the flock, remarkable"
standing out from the flock, remarkable, from ex- and grex
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egregious
English · 1530s
"originally outstandingly good, later shifted to outstandingly bad"
settled as the English word originally for something outstandingly good, later shifting to outstandingly bad
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