† precellingadj.

Forms: late Middle English precellyng, 1600s praecelling, 1600s–1700s precelling; Scottish pre-1700 precelland, pre-1700 precellande, pre-1700 precelling, pre-1700 procelling (perhaps transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: precel v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < precel v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier precellent adj.

Obsolete.

Pre-eminent, excellent; = precellent adj.

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

?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 648 (MED) Be gladde, O London!..Citee of Citees, off noblesse precellyng.

?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 640 (MED) Ther satte a childe off beaute precellyng.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. sig. Q.iii Than sall that most precelland Kyng Tyll those wrachis mak answeryng.

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 23 Hir gentill gesture and precelling ie.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells vi. 338 God, this precelling Creature hauing made, With all the Host of Angels..He then began the Vniuersall Frame, The Heav'ns, Sun, Moon, and Stars, and gaue them name.

1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso ii. 30 Were I as præcelling in Physico-Mechanical Investigations, as you in Tropical Rhetorical Flourishes.

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 308 The sacred confidence reposed in our representatives confers precelling dignity.

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

单词	precelling
释义	† precellingadj. Forms: late Middle English precellyng, 1600s praecelling, 1600s–1700s precelling; Scottish pre-1700 precelland, pre-1700 precellande, pre-1700 precelling, pre-1700 procelling (perhaps transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: precel v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < precel v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier precellent adj. Obsolete. Pre-eminent, excellent; = precellent adj. 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 ?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 648 (MED) Be gladde, O London!..Citee of Citees, off noblesse precellyng. ?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 640 (MED) Ther satte a childe off beaute precellyng. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. sig. Q.iii Than sall that most precelland Kyng Tyll those wrachis mak answeryng. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 23 Hir gentill gesture and precelling ie. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells vi. 338 God, this precelling Creature hauing made, With all the Host of Angels..He then began the Vniuersall Frame, The Heav'ns, Sun, Moon, and Stars, and gaue them name. 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso ii. 30 Were I as præcelling in Physico-Mechanical Investigations, as you in Tropical Rhetorical Flourishes. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 308 The sacred confidence reposed in our representatives confers precelling dignity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas precelling † precelling n. Obsolete rare pre-eminence, superiority. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] exceeding1520 precellinga1532 excelling1573 outdoing1679 surpassing1736 outvying1757 capping1883 a1532 Remedie of Loue Prol. v Flouring youth, which..a precelling haste aboue age In many a singuler commodite. extracted from † precelv. < adj.?1435 as lemmas
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† precellingadj.

> as lemmas