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語源

First attested in 1688; borrowed from Latin gregārius, see -ious.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ɡɹɪˈɡɛɚ.i.əs/

形容詞

gregarious (comparative more gregarious, superlative most gregarious)

1. (of a person) Who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
2. (zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 151:

     The Fin-Back is not gregarious. He seems a whale-hater, as some men are man-haters.

   • 1972, Richard Adams, Watership Down:

     Rabbits are lively at nightfall, and when evening rain drives them underground they still feel gregarious.

   • 2015, Kim Gordon, chapter 18, in Carrie Thornton, editor, Girl in a Band, New York: Dey st., →ISBN, page 114:

     That same unpredictability made Thurston fun and even thrilling to be around, that and his gregarious manner. Outwardly, Thurston was friendly, good-natured, funny, extremely likable.

3. (botany) Growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
4. Pertaining to a flock or crowd.

同意語

• (of a person who enjoys being in crowds): outgoing, sociable, social

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “of a person”): ungregarious
• (antonym(s) of “zoology”): nongregarious

派生語