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par excellence adjective /ˌpɑːr ˈeksəlɑːns/ /ˌpɑːr ˌeksəˈlɑːns/ (from French) jump to other results - (only used after the noun it describes) better than all the others of the same kind; a very good example of something
- She turned out to be an organizer par excellence.
Word OriginFrench, literally ‘by excellence’.
par excellence adverb /ˌpɑːr ˈeksəlɑːns/ /ˌpɑːr ˌeksəˈlɑːns/ (from French) jump to other results - in a way that is better than all the others of the same kind; in a way that is a very good example of something
- Chemistry was par excellence the laboratory science of the early nineteenth century.
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