单词 | superexcellency |
释义 | superexcellencyn. Now rare. 1. The quality, condition, or state of being superexcellent; superexcellence. 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 ?1563 Visct. Montagu tr. J. Fisher Godlie Treat. Prayer sig. F5 The superexcellencie of hym, to whom they pray. 1686 H. C. tr. Aristotle Rhetoric ii. ii. 89 For they impatiently brook affronts, in regard of their high dignity and superexcellency [Gk. διὰ τὴν ὑπεροχήν]. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility i. 38 The superexcellency of his nature. 1778 Parl. Reg. 1775–80 X. 127 Such proofs had the ministers given of the super-excellency of their negotiating talents. 1838 Millennial Harbinger Aug. 363 I do hope that Mr. Lynd will..show, if he can, wherein the superexcellency..of his theory consists. 1925 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 19 Feb. 12/6–7 (advt.) The superexcellency of these figs when preserved. 1937 E. C. Brands in L. Lowenfish Branch Rickey ii. xii. 279 When we can..recognize the super-excellency of someone not at war..in competitive playing. 2. A superexcellent quality, characteristic, or attribute. ΚΠ 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 205 I could finde no such superexcellencie in him [L. nullam omnino prae ceteris excellentiam in illo reperire potui]. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 108 Our Parliaments in England and Scotland have a superexcellency above all the councels of the world. 1738 C. Wheatly Nicene & Athanasian Creeds v. 252 No Office or Oeconomy can..add to them any Super-excellencies they have not. 1820 H. L. Porter Child of Providence viii. 76 She adored her sister..without seeing or knowing her super-excellencies. 1823 Manch. Iris 15 Feb. 58/1 He showed me..his guns, and his dogs, and told me all the secret super-excellencies connected therewith. 1944 C. Michelson Ghost Talks p. xi The manifold superexcellences of Franklin Roosevelt. 1985 Jamaica Jrnl. Nov. 48/2 The Alternative..to ballet, to ‘classical’ music, to the imposed superexcellencies of Western culture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?1563 |
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