| 单词 | in excellence of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin excellence of b. Phrases: †in excellence of = superior to (obsolete). by (an, way of) excellence; in early use translating Latin per, propter excellentiam, Greek κατ' ἐξοχήν, in later use = French par excellence: (so called) as being preëminently entitled to the designation given. Now rare. Cf. eminence n. 8c. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adverb] sovereignlyc1340 excellentlyc1400 by (an, way of) excellencec1450 transcendingly1528 exquisitely1535 precellently?1567 divinely1582 par excellence1584 pre-eminently1590 superlatively1596 surpassing1598 by (way of) eminency1608 superexcellently1615 by (way of) eminence1621 transcendently1623 surpassingly1658 exquisitively1660 par eminence1823 heavenlike1832 transcendentally1870 c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 17 While þat Rome was in excellence Of alle Realmes in dignite. 1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 28 Attendance on his [sc. God's] ordinance (which by an excellence is tearmed his seruice). a1704 T. Brown Ess. Satire Ancients in Wks. (1730) I. 18 Lucilius having..embellished it [sc. this poem], ought by way of excellence, to be esteemed the first author. 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian ix. 124 Richard the First of England, the arch-crusader and anti-jacobin by excellence. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. iii. 142 Cesalpin..was denominated by excellence, the philosopher. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. i. 55 In the mouth of an Athenian, Dêmêtêr and Persephonê were always The Mother and Daughter, by excellence. < as lemmas |
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