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Added 9 October 2026

egress

/ˈiːɡɹɛs/ noun

In Latin: ēgressus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about egress at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse.
The becoming visible.
not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent.

verb

Come out of.
Water issued from the hole in the wall

Origin

From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus, literally “out-way”.

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