gregariousadj.
/ɡrɪˈɡɛːrɪəs/ 1.
a. Natural History. Of classes or species of animals: Living in flocks or communities, given to association with others of the same species.
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the world > animals > animals collectively > [adjective] > gregarious
gregal1607
gregarious1668
amadelphous1879
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 135 Being gregarious, swimming together in great multitudes.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. ii. 196 Stares are gregarious birds, living and flying together in great flocks.
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iii. ii. §38 Those which are the most useful, fly not singly, as other Birds, but are commonly Gregarious; as the Partridge, Lark, Teal.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 41 This is practised among all gregarious animals.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 68 Philonexis... Gregarious in the open sea.
1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. 340 A gregarious species of butterfly.
b. transferred. Of persons: Inclined to associate with others, fond of company.
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society > society and the community > social relations > [adjective] > having tendency to
fellowlyc1425
fellowlikec1454
sociable1511
gregarious1789
aggregative1837
affiliative1861
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > sociable
companablea1387
familiarc1425
fellowlyc1425
companiable1440
fellowable1440
fellowlikec1454
accompanable1548
sociable1573
companionable1593
associable1611
conversablea1684
social1698
easy1714
gregarious1789
aggregative1837
company keeping1839
folksy1852
oncoming1925
mixy1942
outgoing1950
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 369 Society! gregarious dame!
1822 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 2/1 A very gregarious profession, that habitually combines and butts against an opponent with a very extended front.
1853 C. L. Brace Home Life Germany 188 We like being together well enough, but our gregarious tendencies are nearly always for some earnest object.
1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 70 She's not a gregarious person. Society and she have choked each other off some time ago.
2. Botany. Growing in open clusters.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > social or growing in groups
social1674
gregarious1836
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 995 Agaricus fusipes.. gregarious.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 131 Saxifraga granulata..Gregarious, glandular-hairy.
3. Pathology. Closely collected, clustered.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > other characteristics
hoteOE
redeOE
foulOE
elvishc1386
dryc1400
whitec1450
Naples1507
shaking1528
cold1569
exquisite1583
unpure1583
waterish1583
wandering1585
legitimate1615
sulphureous1625
tetrous1637
cagastrical1662
medical1676
ambulatory1684
ebullient1684
frantic1709
animated1721
progressive1736
cagastric1753
vegetative1803
left-handed1804
specific1804
subacute1811
animate1816
gregarious1822
vernal1822
ambilateral1824
subchronic1831
regressive1845
nummular1866
postoperative1872
ambulant1873
non-surgical1888
progredient1891
spodogenous1897
spodogenic19..
non-invasive1932
early-onset1951
adult-onset1957
non-specific1964
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 281 Occasionally, however, this species [sc. intestinal calculus] is found gregarious instead of solitary.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 568 They [sc. pimples] are sometimes solitary, but more frequently gregarious.
4. Of or pertaining to a flock or community; characteristic of or affecting persons gathered together in crowds.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [adjective] > relating to an assembly of people or animals > relating to crowds
gregal?c1550
gregarious1833
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism iii. 60 The enthusiasm of gregarious rage..puts contempt upon death.
1855 C. Dickens Let. 17 July (1993) VII. 676 An instance of the gregarious effect of an excitement.
1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 210 His faith in the gregarious advancement of men was afterwards shaken.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. xiii. 236 Mere religious zeal is a gregarious thing..like other gregarious affections, which are caught by men in company.
Derivatives
greˈgariously adv.
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the world > animals > animals collectively > [adverb] > in gregarious manner
gregariously1688
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > in one assembly (of people or animals) > in assemblies
gregariously1870
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 374/1 Gregariously, such as swim by Flocks, Troops, or Companies together.
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Gregariously, Gregariousness.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 177 It is evident that they prey gregariously.
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 151 Men acting gregariously.
greˈgariousness n.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > assembling of people or animals > condition of or tendency to
congregation1835
gregariousness1840
congregativeness1841
gregarianism1881
1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. III in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 511/1 That marked gregariousness in human genius had taken place amongst the poets and orators of Rome.
1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xii. 154 A vile gregariousness of thought and feeling.
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