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gre·gar·i·ous       [gri-gair-ee-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.fond of the company of others; sociable.
2.living in flocks or herds, as animals.
3.Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
4.pertaining to a flock or crowd.

[Origin: 1660–70; < L gregārius belonging to a flock, equiv. to greg- (s. of grex) flock + -ārius -arious]

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

1. social, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extroverted.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gre·gar·i·ous       (grĭ-gâr'ē-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. See Synonyms at social.
  2. Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species.
  3. Botany Growing in groups that are close together but not densely clustered or matted.


[Latin gregārius, belonging to a flock, from grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]

gre·gar'i·ous·ly adv., gre·gar'i·ous·ness n.
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gregarious 
1668, "living in flocks" (of animals), from L. gregarius, from grex (gen. gregis) "flock, herd," reduplication of PIE base *gere- "to gather together, assemble" (cf. Gk. ageirein "to assemble," agora "assembly;" O.C.S. grusti "handful;" Lith. gurgulys "chaos, confusion, gurguole "crowd, mass"). Sense of "sociable" first recorded 1789.

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gregarious

adjective
1. (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species; "gregarious bird species" [ant: ungregarious
2. instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others; "he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude" 
3. (of plants) growing in groups that are close together [ant: ungregarious

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Gregarious

Gre*ga"ri*ous\, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf. Congregate, Egregious.] Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. --Burke.

No birds of prey are gregarious. --Ray. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ness, n.

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