† precellencyn.

Forms: 1500s precellencye, 1600s precellencie, 1600s praecellency, 1600s–1700s precellency.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: precellent adj., -ency suffix; Latin praecellentia.

Etymology: Either < precellent adj. (see -ency suffix), or < post-classical Latin praecellentia precellence n. Compare earlier excellency n. and precellence n.

Obsolete.

= precellence n.; (occasionally) an instance of this, an excellent quality.

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

1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. 1 Pet. viii. 180 b Sainte Peter knewe no precellencye or excellencye ouer a whole realme.

1616 R. Sheldon Suruey Miracles Church of Rome 151 Any pre-eminence or precellencie giuen.

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. iii. 207 There are many and great Precellencies of the soule of man, above the soules of beasts.

a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Freewill (1838) 29 Precellency over others, superiority, victory, and success, in opposition to being worsted or foiled.

1794 J. Ebers Vollständiges Wörterbuch der Englischen Sprache II. 416/2 Precellency, trefflichkeit, die Vorzüglichkeit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	precellency
释义	† precellencyn. Forms: 1500s precellencye, 1600s precellencie, 1600s praecellency, 1600s–1700s precellency. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: precellent adj., -ency suffix; Latin praecellentia. Etymology: Either < precellent adj. (see -ency suffix), or < post-classical Latin praecellentia precellence n. Compare earlier excellency n. and precellence n. Obsolete. = precellence n.; (occasionally) an instance of this, an excellent quality. 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 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. 1 Pet. viii. 180 b Sainte Peter knewe no precellencye or excellencye ouer a whole realme. 1616 R. Sheldon Suruey Miracles Church of Rome 151 Any pre-eminence or precellencie giuen. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. iii. 207 There are many and great Precellencies of the soule of man, above the soules of beasts. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Freewill (1838) 29 Precellency over others, superiority, victory, and success, in opposition to being worsted or foiled. 1794 J. Ebers Vollständiges Wörterbuch der Englischen Sprache II. 416/2 Precellency, trefflichkeit, die Vorzüglichkeit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1557
随便看	wheelring wheelroad wheelrod wheelrood wheelrope wheelrut wheels wheels of industry wheels of steel wheels within wheels wheelseat wheelset wheelshaped wheelsick wheelskate wheelskater wheelskating wheelsled wheelsmashed wheelspicule wheelspoke wheelspun wheelspur wheelstitch wheelstock