Excellent Definition

ĕksə-lənt
adjective
Excelling; surpassing.
Webster's New World
Outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc.
Webster's New World
Being so to an extreme degree.
American Heritage
adverb

(obsolete) Excellently.

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Origin of Excellent

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin excellēns excellent- present participle of excellere to excel excel

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

  • From Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”)

    From Wiktionary

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