eximious

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/ɛɡˈzɪmɪəs/

adjective

Pre-eminent, outstanding.

OriginLatin eximius →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveeximious (comparative more eximious, superlative most eximious)

comparative more eximious · superlative most eximious

  1. archaicPre-eminent, outstanding.

    Eximious is a delicious word, meaning, outstanding.

    2002, A.S. Byatt, A Whistling Woman, Vintage International, published 2004, page 115
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    You've read the death of Hercules, In classic tale related; But there the facts of his decease Erroneously are stated: Each schoolboy will at large recite Fast as his Alphabeta, How that eximious man of might Departed on Mount Eta.

    1850, “The Hercules Cheap Paletot”, in Punch, volume 18, page 38

Origin

  1. Latineximius“set apart, select”
  2. Englisheximious

From Latin eximius (“set apart, select”), from eximō (“take out or away; deliver, free”), from ex (“out of, from”) + emō (“buy; acquire, take”).

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APA

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Chicago

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