eggceptional

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adjective

Exceptional, when referring to eggs or Easter.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveeggceptional (comparative more eggceptional, superlative most eggceptional)

comparative more eggceptional · superlative most eggceptional · alternative egg-ceptional

  1. humorousinformalExceptional, when referring to eggs or Easter.

    An 'eggceptional' Easter Egg Hunt takes place around the Dock on April 23 and 24, from 1pm-3pm.

    2011 April 19, “A Cracking Time for the Kids”, in Liverpool Echo
    2 more examples

    In the contest, food service operators have the opportunity to win a $2,000 first prize, $1,000 second prize and $500 third prize in both commercial and non-commercial divisions for their "eggceptional" egg entrees.

    1990, The Poultry Times, volume 37, page 40

    A veteran executive of such eggceptional breakfast-oriented chains as The Good Egg and First Watch, […]

    1994 June 15, Steve Weiss, “It's a marvelous morning for a Moondance”, in Restaurants & Institutions

    Synonyms: eggcellent, eggstraordinary

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExceptional, when referring to eggs or Easter.

Origin

  1. Englishegg
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  4. Proto-Italic*eks
  5. Latinex
  6. Latinex-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  9. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  10. Latincapiō
  11. Latinexcipiō
  12. Latinexceptiō
  13. Old Frenchexcepcion
  14. Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
  15. Middle Englishexception
  16. Englishexception
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Englishexceptional
  20. Englisheggceptional

Blend of egg + exceptional.

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