exceptionaladj.

/ɛkˈsɛpʃənəl/

Etymology: < exception n. + -al suffix¹: compare French exceptionnel.

a. Of the nature of or forming an exception; out of the ordinary course, unusual, special.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > special, extraordinary, or unusual

sunderlepeOE

specialc1325

strangec1330

undeemousa1400

outragec1400

singularc1400

stravagant1565

unusual1582

extraordinarya1586

remarkable1593

exordinary1601

peculiar1608

stupendous1640

eccentricala1652

particular1665

out-of-the-way1675

uncommon1705

awfy1724

exceptionable1801

tremendous1831

exceptional1846

exceptive1849

exceptionary1850

spesh1874

heart-stopping1891

off-brand1929

wild1955

cracker1964

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Q. Rev.).

1852 B. Disraeli 3 Dec. in Sel. Speeches I. 369 As regards its financial condition, Ireland..has been in a very exceptional state.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. vi. 88 The subject..ceased to be mentioned saving on exceptional occasions.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 121 The founders of the thirteen colleges..were almost all of them exceptional men.

1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 81 Documents or records of exceptional value.

absolute.1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 136 The mastery of Shakespeare is shown perhaps more strikingly in his treatment of the ordinary than of the exceptional.

b. Const. from. rare.

ΚΠ

1883 Sir H. Cotton in Law Times Rep. 49 324/1 That, therefore, makes this case exceptional from that of an ordinary case of mortgagor and mortgagee.

Derivatives

exˈceptionalness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun]

particularity1570

unusualness1579

egregiousness1606

remarkableness1623

extraordinarinessa1665

unusuality1799

remarkability1838

exceptionality1854

exceptionalness1886

1886 Spectator 28 Aug. 1142 It is not the meritoriousness but the exceptionalness of the achievement which makes the few willing to attempt it.

1889 Talbot in Lux Mundi (ed. 10) 137 If we still plead that our sense of wonder stipulates for exceptionalness.

Draft additions March 2006

An exceptional person or thing; someone who or something which stands apart from the perceived norm; (with the) that which is exceptional. Now chiefly Finance: an item in a company's accounts arising from its normal activity but much larger or smaller than usual.

ΚΠ

1856 W. D. Wilson Elem. Treat. Logic i. ii. 79 We have another class of modals called Exceptionals, which indicate the part which is not included in the scope of the judgment.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. iv. 62 It would have been mere folly to have been guided by the exceptional and idyllic.

1907 Biometrika 5 312 The ‘exceptionals’..are mostly ‘outliers’ in the tables of pairs of distributions considered.

1957 I. A. Horowitz How to win in Chess Endings x. 84 As we have seen, the Rook Pawn contributes a goodly share of the many exceptions to the general rules of chess. When the peculiar Knight is involved with a Rook Pawn, the exceptionals clash head on, and the men fail to cooperate.

1991 Constr. Weekly 27 Mar. 3/2 ECC reported profits of £100.3m after exceptionals of £32m for redundancies and other cost savings.

2002 Daily Mirror 31 May 58/5 Allen admitted yesterday that Granada's core TV business, which produces programmes including Coronation Street, had gone into the red after exceptionals and the cost of ITV Digital.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	exceptional
释义	exceptionaladj. /ɛkˈsɛpʃənəl/ Etymology: < exception n. + -al suffix¹: compare French exceptionnel. a. Of the nature of or forming an exception; out of the ordinary course, unusual, special. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > special, extraordinary, or unusual sunderlepeOE specialc1325 strangec1330 undeemousa1400 outragec1400 singularc1400 stravagant1565 unusual1582 extraordinarya1586 remarkable1593 exordinary1601 peculiar1608 stupendous1640 eccentricala1652 particular1665 out-of-the-way1675 uncommon1705 awfy1724 exceptionable1801 tremendous1831 exceptional1846 exceptive1849 exceptionary1850 spesh1874 heart-stopping1891 off-brand1929 wild1955 cracker1964 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Q. Rev.). 1852 B. Disraeli 3 Dec. in Sel. Speeches I. 369 As regards its financial condition, Ireland..has been in a very exceptional state. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. vi. 88 The subject..ceased to be mentioned saving on exceptional occasions. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 121 The founders of the thirteen colleges..were almost all of them exceptional men. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 81 Documents or records of exceptional value. absolute.1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 136 The mastery of Shakespeare is shown perhaps more strikingly in his treatment of the ordinary than of the exceptional. b. Const. from. rare. ΚΠ 1883 Sir H. Cotton in Law Times Rep. 49 324/1 That, therefore, makes this case exceptional from that of an ordinary case of mortgagor and mortgagee. Derivatives exˈceptionalness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] particularity1570 unusualness1579 egregiousness1606 remarkableness1623 extraordinarinessa1665 unusuality1799 remarkability1838 exceptionality1854 exceptionalness1886 1886 Spectator 28 Aug. 1142 It is not the meritoriousness but the exceptionalness of the achievement which makes the few willing to attempt it. 1889 Talbot in Lux Mundi (ed. 10) 137 If we still plead that our sense of wonder stipulates for exceptionalness. Draft additions March 2006 An exceptional person or thing; someone who or something which stands apart from the perceived norm; (with the) that which is exceptional. Now chiefly Finance: an item in a company's accounts arising from its normal activity but much larger or smaller than usual. ΚΠ 1856 W. D. Wilson Elem. Treat. Logic i. ii. 79 We have another class of modals called Exceptionals, which indicate the part which is not included in the scope of the judgment. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. iv. 62 It would have been mere folly to have been guided by the exceptional and idyllic. 1907 Biometrika 5 312 The ‘exceptionals’..are mostly ‘outliers’ in the tables of pairs of distributions considered. 1957 I. A. Horowitz How to win in Chess Endings x. 84 As we have seen, the Rook Pawn contributes a goodly share of the many exceptions to the general rules of chess. When the peculiar Knight is involved with a Rook Pawn, the exceptionals clash head on, and the men fail to cooperate. 1991 Constr. Weekly 27 Mar. 3/2 ECC reported profits of £100.3m after exceptionals of £32m for redundancies and other cost savings. 2002 Daily Mirror 31 May 58/5 Allen admitted yesterday that Granada's core TV business, which produces programmes including Coronation Street, had gone into the red after exceptionals and the cost of ITV Digital. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1846
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