par eminenceadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌpɑːr ˈɛmɪnɒns/,

/ˌpɑːr ɛmɪˈnɒ̃s/, U.S.

/ˌpɑr ˌɛməˈnɑns/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French par éminence.

Etymology: < French par éminence (1631 or earlier; now rare) < par by, for (see per prep.) + éminence eminence n.Not fully naturalized in English.

Now rare.

A. adj.

Usually as postmodifier. More distinguished or eminent than others of the same kind; supreme.

ΚΠ

1794 H. L. Piozzi Diary Apr. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) II. 880 Now altho' these Texts agree literally with Babylon, I have an Idea they agree typically and figuratively with what is now called the Mountain par Eminence, or French Convention.

1829 T. Flint George Mason, Young Backwoodsman viii. 151 There is no good reason why one place should call itself the city, par eminence.

1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 3 The royal surfeiter par eminence..Henry I.

1927 Classical Philol. 22 50 It must be acknowledged that that which in antiquity came to be recognized as satire par eminence was restricted unduly to the rebuke of vice.

B. adv.

Pre-eminently.

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

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adverb]

highlyOE

overalla1225

with the firstc1300

principally1340

principalc1390

in principala1393

chiefly14..

ratherestc1400

rathestc1400

primarily1587

kat' exochen1588

paravant1590

pre-eminently1590

primely1610

cardinally1631

transeminently1642

paramountly1798

par eminence1823

1823 E. Elliott Love 167 And much they wonder, by what art, what power, The Giaour became, par eminence, the Giaour.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 9 Pointed architecture..is not exclusively, but par eminence, Christian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	par eminence
释义	par eminenceadj.adv. Brit. /ˌpɑːr ˈɛmɪnɒns/, /ˌpɑːr ɛmɪˈnɒ̃s/, U.S. /ˌpɑr ˌɛməˈnɑns/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French par éminence. Etymology: < French par éminence (1631 or earlier; now rare) < par by, for (see per prep.) + éminence eminence n.Not fully naturalized in English. Now rare. A. adj. Usually as postmodifier. More distinguished or eminent than others of the same kind; supreme. ΚΠ 1794 H. L. Piozzi Diary Apr. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) II. 880 Now altho' these Texts agree literally with Babylon, I have an Idea they agree typically and figuratively with what is now called the Mountain par Eminence, or French Convention. 1829 T. Flint George Mason, Young Backwoodsman viii. 151 There is no good reason why one place should call itself the city, par eminence. 1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 3 The royal surfeiter par eminence..Henry I. 1927 Classical Philol. 22 50 It must be acknowledged that that which in antiquity came to be recognized as satire par eminence was restricted unduly to the rebuke of vice. B. adv. Pre-eminently. 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 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adverb] highlyOE overalla1225 with the firstc1300 principally1340 principalc1390 in principala1393 chiefly14.. ratherestc1400 rathestc1400 primarily1587 kat' exochen1588 paravant1590 pre-eminently1590 primely1610 cardinally1631 transeminently1642 paramountly1798 par eminence1823 1823 E. Elliott Love 167 And much they wonder, by what art, what power, The Giaour became, par eminence, the Giaour. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 9 Pointed architecture..is not exclusively, but par eminence, Christian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1794
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