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ex·cel·lent (ek′sə lənt)
adjective
- Obsolete excelling; surpassing
- outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc.
Etymology: ME < OFr < L excellens, prp. of excellere, excel
Related Forms:
- excellently ex′·cel·lently adverb
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