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gregarious

gre·gar·i·ous [ grə gérree əss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. friendly: very friendly and sociable

2. living communally: describes organisms that live in groups

3. growing together: describes plants that grow in clusters

[Mid-17th century. < Latin gregarius< grex "flock"]

gre·gar·i·ous·ly adverb
gre·gar·i·ous·ness noun

Word History

The Latin word grex "flock," from which gregarious is derived, is also the source of English aggregate, congregate, and egregious.

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