† pre-excellencyn.

Forms: see pre- prefix and excellency n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, excellency n.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + excellency n. Compare earlier pre-excellence n. Compare also earlier pre-excel v., pre-excellent adj., precellency n.

Obsolete.

= pre-excellence n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun]

pricea1275

sovereigntyc1340

primacyc1384

sublimityc1429

vassalagec1430

precellence?a1439

pre-excellencec1450

pre-eminencec1460

superexcellencec1475

chief1519

pre-eminency1523

greaterness1540

precellency1557

superexcellency?1563

divinenessa1586

superancya1586

sublimenessa1599

pre-excellency1603

especialness1614

transcendencea1616

transcendency1615

transcendentness1625

top1627

antecellency1657

quality1665

transcendingness1730

transcendentalism1841

surpassingness1879

transcendentality1881

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. l. 164 A rare pre-excellency [Fr. precellence], and beyond the common reach.

1640 F. Knight Relation Seaven Yeares Slaverie ii. 53 These Nations and Kingdomes of ours, are..admired by all Turkes, who ascribes [sic] a preëxcellencie of wisedome, prudence and vertue, to our Kings Majestie now reigning.

1718 J. Laurence Gardening Improv'd 127 The Laurel is an Emblem of Victory and Pre-excellency in any Science.

1790 Paraphrase on Revelation St. John I. 435 Ecclesiastical princes pride themselves in shewing their wit and eloquence in setting forth the pleasures and pre-excellency of that vice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	pre-excellency
释义	† pre-excellencyn. Forms: see pre- prefix and excellency n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, excellency n. Etymology: < pre- prefix + excellency n. Compare earlier pre-excellence n. Compare also earlier pre-excel v., pre-excellent adj., precellency n. Obsolete. = pre-excellence n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun] pricea1275 sovereigntyc1340 primacyc1384 sublimityc1429 vassalagec1430 precellence?a1439 pre-excellencec1450 pre-eminencec1460 superexcellencec1475 chief1519 pre-eminency1523 greaterness1540 precellency1557 superexcellency?1563 divinenessa1586 superancya1586 sublimenessa1599 pre-excellency1603 especialness1614 transcendencea1616 transcendency1615 transcendentness1625 top1627 antecellency1657 quality1665 transcendingness1730 transcendentalism1841 surpassingness1879 transcendentality1881 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. l. 164 A rare pre-excellency [Fr. precellence], and beyond the common reach. 1640 F. Knight Relation Seaven Yeares Slaverie ii. 53 These Nations and Kingdomes of ours, are..admired by all Turkes, who ascribes [sic] a preëxcellencie of wisedome, prudence and vertue, to our Kings Majestie now reigning. 1718 J. Laurence Gardening Improv'd 127 The Laurel is an Emblem of Victory and Pre-excellency in any Science. 1790 Paraphrase on Revelation St. John I. 435 Ecclesiastical princes pride themselves in shewing their wit and eloquence in setting forth the pleasures and pre-excellency of that vice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1603
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