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Egregious - is it "parliamentary language"

There is a process for agreeing the words in parliamentary petitions. The words in petitions are not supposed to be intemperate. I have been told, but not had it confirmed, that egregious is too intemperate to appear in a parliamentary petition.

Merriam-Webster's definition
Main Entry: egre·gious
Pronunciation: i-'grE-j&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin egregius, from e- + greg-, grex herd -- more at GREGARIOUS
1 archaic : DISTINGUISHED
2 : CONSPICUOUS; especially : conspicuously bad : FLAGRANT
- egre·gious·ly adverb
- egre·gious·ness noun

The word is becoming less obscure.

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Will said…
I refer the honourable gentleman to this video clip, in particular around 4 minutes in.
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