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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-470/
- Published: 2021-05-12T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-12T18:19:16.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

The word for today is…

egregious (adjective) –

1 : conspicuous: especially conspicuously bad  
2 : *archaic:* distinguished

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egregious?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Egregious derives from the Latin word egregius, meaning “distinguished” or “eminent.” In its earliest English uses, egregious was a compliment to someone who had a remarkably good quality that placed him or her eminently above others. That’s how English philosopher and theorist Thomas Hobbes used it in flattering a colleague when he remarked, “I am not so egregious a mathematician as you are.” Since Hobbes’ day, however, the meaning of the word has become noticeably less complimentary, possibly as a result of ironic use of its original sense.

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