excellencyn.

Brit.

/ˈɛksələnsi/,

/ˈɛksəln̩si/,

/ˈɛksl̩(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ˈɛks(ə)lənsi/

Forms: Also Middle English excelencye.

Etymology: < Latin excellentia: see excellence n. and -ency suffix.

†1.

a. = excellence n. 1. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun]

goodnessOE

mund?c1250

daintethc1290

bountyc1300

daintyc1300

excellencec1384

virtuea1393

excellency?a1400

nobilitya1400

meritc1425

singularity?c1450

fineness1523

admirationa1533

rareness1545

rightness1561

rariety1566

rarity1566

excellentness1569

beautya1586

admirableness1607

primeness1611

gallantry1650

eximiety1656

optimity1656

altesse1660

unexceptionableness1669

excellingness1701

quality1803

sterlingness1815

stupendosity1828

goodliness1832

superbness1832

unexceptionability1837

sweetness and light1867

class1884

rortiness1885

rippingness1903

superstardom1928

motherfucker1977

awesomeness1998

?a1400 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 9 Exsaulted by my excelencye.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxxv^v To be had in honour..as theyr vertue or excellency requyreth.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 95 He could not better haue shewed his excellencie aboue Aaron.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 145 Lady Iane Grey..for her excellency in the Greeke tongue was called for Greia, Graia.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxii. 4 They onely consult to cast him downe from his excellency .

1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) Pref. sig. A2 An high esteem of the Excellency of Musick.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 366 Fountains famous for the Excellency of their water.

1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church iv. 87 There is friendship, says he, between good men and the Divinity, moral excellency uniting them.

b. High degree of skill; proficiency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > supreme skill

archemastry1477

exquisiteness1622

excellency1693

1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (Axtell ed.) §197 I have..seldom heard any one commended..for having an Excellency in Musick.

†c. concrete. Something that excels, or takes the highest place; the ‘beauty’ or ‘flower’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person

highesteOE

bestOE

greatest?c1225

pridec1330

crestc1400

primrosea1450

outrepass1477

A per sea1500

primrose peerless1523

prisec1540

prime1579

surquidry1607

excellency1611

nonsuchc1613

crown jewel1646

top1665

patriarch1700

pièce de résistance1793

number one1825

business1868

resistance piece1870

star1882

mostest1889

koh-i-noor1892

best-ever1905

flagship1933

the end1950

endsville1957

Big Mac1969

mack daddy1993

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lx. 15 I will make thee an eternall excellencie, a ioy of many generations.

1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 8 Man is the excellency of the creature, the Saint is the excellency of the man.

1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. i. iii. 6 The college of the knights of the garter..is curiously adorned..with the excellency of modern Painting and carving.

†d. In phrases, by excellency, by way of excellency, for excellency, with (an) excellency = by way of excellence: see excellence n. 1b. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 5 For excellency, it was written of him [sc. Caesar], that he neuer forgot seruice, nor euer did remember iniurie.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. §2. 411 This relative particle..They, as here it is used, is to be taken κατ' ἔωξκην [sic] with an excellency.

1648 N. Estwick Πνευματολογια 44 The person here is called, by an excellencie, the Spirit of truth.

1694 J. Locke Advers. Theol. in King Life (1858) 343 There is one Spirit manifestly distinguished from God, i.e. one created Spirit by way of excellency; i.e. the Holy Spirit.

1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 3 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The fifth advance in Humanity is nam'd Poetry or Humanity it self, by excellency or preference.

a. That in which a person or thing excels; an excellent feature or quality; a chief accomplishment, a specialty: = excellence n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > an excellence

greatnessc1384

excellencec1400

merita1586

eminency1602

eminence1609

excellencya1616

transcendiary1654

transcendenta1706

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 145 Cram'd (as he thinkes) with excellencies .

1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 189 Ones excellency may consist, in the unsnarling of a knowne controversie.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i 12 That a mans excellency should lie in Neatly tying of a Ribbond, or a Crevat!

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 143 The Maple has this peculiar Excellency, that it grows in the Shade.

1771 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) iv. 357 Those higher excellencies of which the art is capable.

1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III, Ld. Grenville (ed. 2) 144 The faults of his character were akin to some of the excellencies.

†b. With the: That which makes (a person or thing) to be excellent; the criterion of excellence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > criterion > of excellence

excellency1643

1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) iii. 207 What is the excellency of man but Religion?

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 95 The Excellency of Sawing is to keep the kerf exactly in the line marked out to be Sawn.

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 495 The excellency of a good enamel is, that it easily fuses into a kind of paste at the heat which is necessary for baking stoneware.

†3.

a. An excellent personality; a ‘dignity’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person

gemc1275

blooma1300

excellence1447

mirrorc1450

man of mena1470

treasure?1545

paragon1548

shining light1563

Apollo's swan?1592

man of wax1597

rara avis1607

Titan1611

choice spirita1616

excellency1725

inestimable1728

inimitable1751

cock of the walk1781

surpasser1805

shiner1810

swell1816

trump1819

tip-topper1822

star1829

beauty1832

soarer1895

trumph1895

pansy1899

Renaissance man1906

exemplum virtutis1914

museum piece1920

superman1925

flyer1930

pistol1935

all-star1949

1725 J. Collier Several Disc. 278 The Arians..say that Christ is..called God only by way of Participation, as other created Excellencies are.

b. As a title of honour. Frequently in your (also his, her, etc.) excellency. Cf. eminence n. 5, excellence n. 3b.The quots. show that it was formerly applied to royal personages, to ladies, and others, though in England now limited to ambassadors, ministers plenipotentiary, governors (extended also to their wives) and certain other high officers.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun]

yea1225

my Lordc1300

seigniorc1330

squire1382

noblessec1390

lordship1394

grace1423

gentlenessc1425

magnificencec1425

noblenessc1425

greatness1473

worshipc1475

your mightinessa1500

excellency?1533

celsitude1535

altitude1543

Your Honour1551

sublimity1553

excellencea1592

captal1592

gentleperson1597

clemencya1600

gravity1618

grace1625

grandeur1632

eximiousness1648

professorship1656

prince1677

excellenceshipc1716

Graceship1804

seigniorship1823

valiancy1828

your seignorie1829

c1325 Address to Edw. II in Pike Year-bks. 13 & 14 Edw. III 362 Vestra Excellentia.]

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Uiv ^v Your excellency [Queen Mary of France] doth styre and moue me continually.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 390 Sir John Bushe..made request..that it might please the kinges hignesse and excellencie, that, etc.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena Authors Ep. Ded. sig. (b2) The Lord grant your Excellencie [Dutchess of Richmond] all increase of felicitie.

1708 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth (ed. 2) iii. 267 His Excellency the Moscovite ambassador.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. v. 85 Their Excellencies, who were privately told how much I had been their Friend.

1761 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan iii. 67 They desired a private conference with the Soubah: but his Excellency..could by no means be brought to trust himself alone with them.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas Ded. To his Excellency Prince Alexander Mavrocordato late Secretary for Foreign Affairs.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 148 Retaining the guard of honour, the sword of state, and the title of Excellency.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	excellency
释义	excellencyn. Brit. /ˈɛksələnsi/, /ˈɛksəln̩si/, /ˈɛksl̩(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈɛks(ə)lənsi/ Forms: Also Middle English excelencye. Etymology: < Latin excellentia: see excellence n. and -ency suffix. †1. a. = excellence n. 1. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] goodnessOE mund?c1250 daintethc1290 bountyc1300 daintyc1300 excellencec1384 virtuea1393 excellency?a1400 nobilitya1400 meritc1425 singularity?c1450 fineness1523 admirationa1533 rareness1545 rightness1561 rariety1566 rarity1566 excellentness1569 beautya1586 admirableness1607 primeness1611 gallantry1650 eximiety1656 optimity1656 altesse1660 unexceptionableness1669 excellingness1701 quality1803 sterlingness1815 stupendosity1828 goodliness1832 superbness1832 unexceptionability1837 sweetness and light1867 class1884 rortiness1885 rippingness1903 superstardom1928 motherfucker1977 awesomeness1998 ?a1400 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 9 Exsaulted by my excelencye. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxxv^v To be had in honour..as theyr vertue or excellency requyreth. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 95 He could not better haue shewed his excellencie aboue Aaron. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 145 Lady Iane Grey..for her excellency in the Greeke tongue was called for Greia, Graia. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxii. 4 They onely consult to cast him downe from his excellency . View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) Pref. sig. A2 An high esteem of the Excellency of Musick. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 366 Fountains famous for the Excellency of their water. 1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church iv. 87 There is friendship, says he, between good men and the Divinity, moral excellency uniting them. b. High degree of skill; proficiency. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > supreme skill archemastry1477 exquisiteness1622 excellency1693 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (Axtell ed.) §197 I have..seldom heard any one commended..for having an Excellency in Musick. †c. concrete. Something that excels, or takes the highest place; the ‘beauty’ or ‘flower’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [noun] > best thing or person highesteOE bestOE greatest?c1225 pridec1330 crestc1400 primrosea1450 outrepass1477 A per sea1500 primrose peerless1523 prisec1540 prime1579 surquidry1607 excellency1611 nonsuchc1613 crown jewel1646 top1665 patriarch1700 pièce de résistance1793 number one1825 business1868 resistance piece1870 star1882 mostest1889 koh-i-noor1892 best-ever1905 flagship1933 the end1950 endsville1957 Big Mac1969 mack daddy1993 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lx. 15 I will make thee an eternall excellencie, a ioy of many generations. View more context for this quotation 1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 8 Man is the excellency of the creature, the Saint is the excellency of the man. 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. i. iii. 6 The college of the knights of the garter..is curiously adorned..with the excellency of modern Painting and carving. †d. In phrases, by excellency, by way of excellency, for excellency, with (an) excellency = by way of excellence: see excellence n. 1b. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 5 For excellency, it was written of him [sc. Caesar], that he neuer forgot seruice, nor euer did remember iniurie. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. §2. 411 This relative particle..They, as here it is used, is to be taken κατ' ἔωξκην [sic] with an excellency. 1648 N. Estwick Πνευματολογια 44 The person here is called, by an excellencie, the Spirit of truth. 1694 J. Locke Advers. Theol. in King Life (1858) 343 There is one Spirit manifestly distinguished from God, i.e. one created Spirit by way of excellency; i.e. the Holy Spirit. 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 3 in Athenæ Britannicæ III The fifth advance in Humanity is nam'd Poetry or Humanity it self, by excellency or preference. 2. a. That in which a person or thing excels; an excellent feature or quality; a chief accomplishment, a specialty: = excellence n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > an excellence greatnessc1384 excellencec1400 merita1586 eminency1602 eminence1609 excellencya1616 transcendiary1654 transcendenta1706 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 145 Cram'd (as he thinkes) with excellencies . View more context for this quotation 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 189 Ones excellency may consist, in the unsnarling of a knowne controversie. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i 12 That a mans excellency should lie in Neatly tying of a Ribbond, or a Crevat! 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 143 The Maple has this peculiar Excellency, that it grows in the Shade. 1771 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) iv. 357 Those higher excellencies of which the art is capable. 1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III, Ld. Grenville (ed. 2) 144 The faults of his character were akin to some of the excellencies. †b. With the: That which makes (a person or thing) to be excellent; the criterion of excellence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > criterion > of excellence excellency1643 1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) iii. 207 What is the excellency of man but Religion? 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 95 The Excellency of Sawing is to keep the kerf exactly in the line marked out to be Sawn. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 495 The excellency of a good enamel is, that it easily fuses into a kind of paste at the heat which is necessary for baking stoneware. †3. a. An excellent personality; a ‘dignity’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 1725 J. Collier Several Disc. 278 The Arians..say that Christ is..called God only by way of Participation, as other created Excellencies are. b. As a title of honour. Frequently in your (also his, her, etc.) excellency. Cf. eminence n. 5, excellence n. 3b.The quots. show that it was formerly applied to royal personages, to ladies, and others, though in England now limited to ambassadors, ministers plenipotentiary, governors (extended also to their wives) and certain other high officers. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] yea1225 my Lordc1300 seigniorc1330 squire1382 noblessec1390 lordship1394 grace1423 gentlenessc1425 magnificencec1425 noblenessc1425 greatness1473 worshipc1475 your mightinessa1500 excellency?1533 celsitude1535 altitude1543 Your Honour1551 sublimity1553 excellencea1592 captal1592 gentleperson1597 clemencya1600 gravity1618 grace1625 grandeur1632 eximiousness1648 professorship1656 prince1677 excellenceshipc1716 Graceship1804 seigniorship1823 valiancy1828 your seignorie1829 c1325 Address to Edw. II in Pike Year-bks. 13 & 14 Edw. III 362 Vestra Excellentia.] ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Uiv ^v Your excellency [Queen Mary of France] doth styre and moue me continually. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 390 Sir John Bushe..made request..that it might please the kinges hignesse and excellencie, that, etc. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena Authors Ep. Ded. sig. (b2) The Lord grant your Excellencie [Dutchess of Richmond] all increase of felicitie. 1708 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth (ed. 2) iii. 267 His Excellency the Moscovite ambassador. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. v. 85 Their Excellencies, who were privately told how much I had been their Friend. 1761 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan iii. 67 They desired a private conference with the Soubah: but his Excellency..could by no means be brought to trust himself alone with them. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas Ded. To his Excellency Prince Alexander Mavrocordato late Secretary for Foreign Affairs. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. 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