What is the difference between egregion and egregious?

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Egregious is a related term of egregion.

Egregion is often a misspelling of egregious.

Egregion has no English definition.

As an adjective egregious is

exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.

egregion

Not English

Egregion has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'egregion':

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egregious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.

The student has made egregious errors on the examination.

* 16thC , ,

I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"

* c1605 , , Act 2, Scene 3,

My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.

* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]

When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious .

* '>citation

Outrageously bad; shocking.

Usage notes

The negative meaning arose in the late 16th century, probably originating in sarcasm. Before that, it meant outstanding in a good way. Webster also gives “distinguished” as an archaic form, and notes that its present form often has an unpleasant connotation (e.g., "an egregious error" ). It generally precedes such epithets as “rogue,” “rascal,” "ass," “blunderer”.