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