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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: gregarius, from grex 'group of animals'

gregarious

 adjective
     
gre‧gar‧i‧ous
1 friendly and preferring to be with other people [= sociable; ≠ solitary]
2 technicalHBA gregarious animals tend to live in a group [≠ solitary]
—gregariously adverb
—gregariousness noun [uncountable]
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