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pre-ˈexcellent, a. rare.
[prob. repr. a med.L. *præexcellens; see pre- A. 5 and excellent. (L. had præcellens.) Cf. obs. F. préexcellent (15–16th c. in Godef.).]
Excellent above others; of surpassing excellence.
1611Florio, Precellente, pre-excellent, fore-excelling. 1826G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (1853) 50 Peter should have something preëxcellent above those who should thrice admonish. |