Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being the best or truest of a kind; quintessential.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun By virtue of manifest superiority; by the highest right, claim, or qualification; preëminently.
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- adjective Being the best of its kind.
- adjective Being a
quintessential example of the kind in question.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a degree of excellence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : par, by + excellence, preeminence.]
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Borrowed from French par excellence ("by excellence").
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