pre-excellentadj.

Brit.

/priːˈɛksəl(ə)nt/, U.S.

/priˈɛks(ə)lənt/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s 1800s– pre-excellent, 1800s preëxcellent.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pre- prefix, excellent adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + excellent adj., probably after post-classical Latin praeexcellent-, praeexcellens outstanding (6th cent.; from 8th cent. in British sources). Compare Middle French preexcellent (1507 as preexellent ). Compare earlier precellent adj. (and the Latin and French forms cited at that entry).

Of pre-eminent excellence; superior to all others.

ΘΚΠ

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

sunderlyOE

noblec1330

precellentc1384

passantc1385

especialc1386

passinga1387

surmountingc1407

superlative?a1430

precelling?1435

pre-eminenta1460

outrepassed1477

divine1488

pre-excellenta1500

superexcellent1508

transcending1528

pre-ordinate1543

exceeding1552

superexcelling1554

exquisite1578

surpassingc1580

summary1587

paragon1593

transcendent1598

overmatchful1609

termless1609

overtoppinga1615

paramounta1626

overtowering1639

surpassant1654

transcendental1701

superior1711

towery1731

prize1739

supernala1817

tiptopsome1819

tip-topping1826

par excellence1839

superfine1850

towering1894

a1500 in D. W. Singer Catal. Lat. & Vernacular Alchemical MSS (1931) II. 492 (MED) To all tht vertuosly ar disposide wyllyn to be the chyldern of doctryn and to obteyne this pre-excellent science.

1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. ix. 773 Which well proueth that those which are preexcellent women (or of great nobilitie) may giue iudgement.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Precellente Pre-excellent, fore-excelling.

1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) i. iii. 53 Peter should have something preëxcellent above those who should thrice admonish.

1854 R. Studley Vidal tr. J. L. Von Mosheim Hist. Comm. on Christianity I. i. 28 An omnipotent, all-bountiful, and pre-excellent deity.

1904 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 24 208 ‘Neith is pre-excellent’ is without doubt the correct Egyptian original of the Herodotean name Νίτωκρις.

1963 Speculum 38 375 It is quite wrong, he says, to think of the Oxford Roland as being pre-excellent in the manuscript tradition.

1988 A. Ali tr. Quran in F. E. Peters Reader on Classical Islam (1994) viii. 396 Those who go before, how pre-excellent, Who will be honored In gardens of tranquility.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pre-excellent
释义	pre-excellentadj. Brit. /priːˈɛksəl(ə)nt/, U.S. /priˈɛks(ə)lənt/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s 1800s– pre-excellent, 1800s preëxcellent. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pre- prefix, excellent adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + excellent adj., probably after post-classical Latin praeexcellent-, praeexcellens outstanding (6th cent.; from 8th cent. in British sources). Compare Middle French preexcellent (1507 as preexellent ). Compare earlier precellent adj. (and the Latin and French forms cited at that entry). Of pre-eminent excellence; superior to all others. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective] sunderlyOE noblec1330 precellentc1384 passantc1385 especialc1386 passinga1387 surmountingc1407 superlative?a1430 precelling?1435 pre-eminenta1460 outrepassed1477 divine1488 pre-excellenta1500 superexcellent1508 transcending1528 pre-ordinate1543 exceeding1552 superexcelling1554 exquisite1578 surpassingc1580 summary1587 paragon1593 transcendent1598 overmatchful1609 termless1609 overtoppinga1615 paramounta1626 overtowering1639 surpassant1654 transcendental1701 superior1711 towery1731 prize1739 supernala1817 tiptopsome1819 tip-topping1826 par excellence1839 superfine1850 towering1894 a1500 in D. W. Singer Catal. Lat. & Vernacular Alchemical MSS (1931) II. 492 (MED) To all tht vertuosly ar disposide wyllyn to be the chyldern of doctryn and to obteyne this pre-excellent science. 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. ix. 773 Which well proueth that those which are preexcellent women (or of great nobilitie) may giue iudgement. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Precellente Pre-excellent, fore-excelling. 1830 G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (ed. 2) i. iii. 53 Peter should have something preëxcellent above those who should thrice admonish. 1854 R. Studley Vidal tr. J. L. Von Mosheim Hist. Comm. on Christianity I. i. 28 An omnipotent, all-bountiful, and pre-excellent deity. 1904 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 24 208 ‘Neith is pre-excellent’ is without doubt the correct Egyptian original of the Herodotean name Νίτωκρις. 1963 Speculum 38 375 It is quite wrong, he says, to think of the Oxford Roland as being pre-excellent in the manuscript tradition. 1988 A. Ali tr. Quran in F. E. Peters Reader on Classical Islam (1994) viii. 396 Those who go before, how pre-excellent, Who will be honored In gardens of tranquility. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500
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