superexcellent
English
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsuːpəˈɹɛksələnt/, /ˌsuːpəˈɹɛksɪlnt/
Adjective
superexcellent (comparative more superexcellent, superlative most superexcellent)
- Uncommonly excellent; of supreme excellence.
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, “The Shepheardes Calender”, in J. C., editor, The Works of Edmund Spenser, New edition, Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 190 Chestnut Street, published 1857, page 370:
- …[Y]our Latin poems, which, in my opinion, both for invention and elocution, are verie delicate and superexcellent.
- Better than excellent.
Translations
Uncommonly excellent
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Further reading
- “superexcellent”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “superexcellent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “superexcellent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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