单词 | super-illustrious |
释义 | > as lemmassuper-illustrious super-illustrious adj. Brit. /ˌsuːpərɪˈlʌstrɪəs/ , /ˌsjuːpərɪˈlʌstrɪəs/ , U.S. /ˌsupərᵻˈləstriəs/ [after post-classical Latin superillustris (from 13th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources)] highly esteemed or exalted; spec. as an honorific epithet of a monarch.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [adjective] > specific epithets for persons of rank > for royalty or other exalted personages grandc1526 serenea1550 most religious1567 sacred1600 serenissimous1623 serenissime1624 super-illustrious1630 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iv. 154 Amongst the Kings which they termed Superillustrious [L. Superillustres], the King of England was accompted the third, and the Spaniard the fourth. 1780 in J. Galloway Lett. Cicero to Catiline Second (1781) iv. 37 It will doubtless raise them still higher in the esteem of their brethren the super-illustrious Patriots of the Minority. 1857 J. Doran Monarchs retired from Business I. 13 When so many were hailed illustrious, the flatterers hailed the Imperial Monarch as ‘super-illustrious’. 1981 Lawrence (Kansas) Jrnl.-World 9 Nov. 13/2 Lawrence High is only three games away from the opportunity to consider itself the best team in a super-illustrious school history. < as lemmas |
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