Excelsior Definition

ĭk-sĕlsē-ər
noun
Long, thin wood shavings used for packing breakable things or as stuffing in some furniture.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • wood shavings
interjection
Higher; always upward.
Webster's New World
adjective
(archaic) Loftier, yet higher; ever upward.
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Origin of Excelsior

  • From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark.

    From Wiktionary

  • Originally a trademark

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Excelsior Sentence Examples

  • In the next month some pro-slavery men presented claims to a part of the land, projected a rival town to be called Excelsior on the same site, and threatened violence; but when Lawrence had organized its "regulators" the pro-slavery men retired and later agreed to a compromise by which the town site was limited to 640 acres.

  • The acidic soils support sweet chestnut Castanea sativa, sessile oak Quercus petraea, and ash Fraxinus excelsior.

  • There's not much to set this Excelsior apart from many other good Cabs, except it only cost eight bucks.

  • The Asscher Diamond Company cut many historic diamonds, such as the Cullinan diamond, a 3,106 carat diamond that is now one of the British Crown Jewels and the 995 carat Excelsior diamond.

  • The Enterprise name is featured on the NX class, a Constitution Class, Excelsior Class, Ambassador Class and Galaxy Class vessels.

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