Excellent

Excellent
Excellent Ex"cel*lent, a. [F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis, p. pr. of excellere. See {Excel}.] 1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action. [1913 Webster]

To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or Ironical] ``An excellent hypocrite.'' --Hume. [1913 Webster]

Their sorrows are most excellent. --Beau. & Fl.

Syn: Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite; transcendent; admirable; worthy. [1913 Webster]


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  • excellent — excellent, ente [ ɛkselɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • XIIe; lat. excellens, p. prés. de excellere → exceller ♦ Qui, dans son genre, atteint un degré éminent de perfection; très bon. ⇒ admirable, merveilleux, parfait, supérieur. A ♦ 1 ♦ (Choses) Un lit… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • excellent — excellent, ente (è ksè lan, lan t ) adj. 1°   Qui est à un degré éminent, qui l emporte. •   Il fut appelé à cette excellente fonction de ministre du Dieu vivant pour la défense de l Église et pour le salut des peuples, BOURDAL. Panég. de S.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • excellent — Excellent, [excell]ente. adj. v. Qui excelle. Excellent vin. chere excellente. goust excellent. fruits, melons excellents. ces chevaux là sont excellents. Musique excellente. excellente piece de theatre. excellent Musicien. excellent Poëte.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • excellent — Excellent, Exquisitus, Praestabilis, Singularis, Splendidus, Clarus, Praeclarus, Excellens. Excellent et comme separé du troupeau, Egregius, Eximius. Excellent en perfection, Absolutus. Excellent en sagesse, Antecellens sapientia. Le plus… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Excellent — may refer to:*Excellence *Excellent ring, in mathematics *Excellent scheme, in mathematicsee also*Excellence (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

  • excellent — mid 14c., from O.Fr. excellent outstanding, excellent, from L. excellentem (nom. excellens), prp. of excellere (see EXCEL (Cf. excel)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • excellent — can be qualified by quite or most, which are adverbs with absolute meaning, but not by very or more, which are grading adverbs: • The quite excellent British Museum Press, which is managing to produce some twenty scholarly titles this season Art… …   Modern English usage

  • Excellent — Ex cel*lent, adv. Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] This comes off well and excellent. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Excellent — (v. lat.), vortrefflich, herrlich …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Excellent — Excellent, lat. deutsch, vortrefflich; herrlich; excelliren, sich auszeichnen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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