egress means an exit or way out. It carries an Arena rating of 1584, earned across 4 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, egress ranks #216 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #852 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #2,155 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #2,162 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books.
egress is pronounced /ˈiːɡɹɛs/.
Why “egress” is a great word
A formal exit or designated way out; also, the act or process of departing. From Latin ēgressus, from ex- ("out") + gressus (past participle of gradi, "to step, go"), first attested in English in the 1530s. Unlike "ingress," which frames an arrival, or "exodus," which narrates a grand, often forced, departure, egress is the quiet, structural opposite of entry. It is the unmarked door at the back of the theater, the final stair from a watchtower, the measured retreat of a shadow as the sun climbs—the fundamental geometry of leaving, a quiet assertion that all containment is temporary.
Etymology
From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus, literally “out-way”.
noun
- An exit or way out.e.g.“The window provides an egress in the event of an emergency.”
- The process of exiting or leaving.
- The end of the transit of a celestial body through the disk of an apparently larger one.
verb
- To exit or leave; to go or come out.
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