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excellent definition

ex·cel·lent (ek′sə lənt)

adjective

  1. Obsolete excelling; surpassing
  2. outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc.

Etymology: ME < OFr < L excellens, prp. of excellere, excel

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