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单词 superexcellence
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superexcellencen.

Brit. /ˌsuːpərˈɛksələns/, /ˌsjuːpərˈɛksələns/, /ˌsuːpərˈɛksəln̩s/, /ˌsjuːpərˈɛksəln̩s/, /ˌsuːpərˈɛksl̩(ə)ns/, /ˌsjuːpərˈɛksl̩(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈɛksələns/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French superexcellence; Latin superexcellentia.
Etymology: < (i) Middle French superexcellence (c1370), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin superexcellentia excellence, superiority (4th cent.) < superexcellent- , superexcellens , present participle of superexcellere superexcel v. + -ia -ia suffix1; compare -ence suffix. Compare earlier superexcel v. and later superexcellency n., superexcellent adj.
The quality or condition of being superexcellent; superior or supreme excellence. Also: an instance of this.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun]
pricea1275
sovereigntyc1340
primacyc1384
sublimityc1429
vassalagec1430
precellence?a1439
pre-excellencec1450
pre-eminencec1460
superexcellencec1475
chief1519
pre-eminency1523
greaterness1540
precellency1557
superexcellency?1563
divinenessa1586
superancya1586
sublimenessa1599
pre-excellency1603
especialness1614
transcendencea1616
transcendency1615
transcendentness1625
top1627
antecellency1657
quality1665
transcendingness1730
transcendentalism1841
surpassingness1879
transcendentality1881
c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 291 (MED) Eclypsyd I am, for to determyne Thy superexcellence of Cantica canticorum.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) 72 The dyvinite..inhabiteth the hevene by glorye and by superexcellence.
1652 T. Benlowes Those Ladies, Sir in E. Benlowes Theophila This Original; Whose charming Empire of her Grace does Sense Astonish by a super-Excellence.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. xxiv. 138 The proud reap no delight from their pride;..and if they still retain a fondness for reflecting on their superexcellence, it is like the unnatural thirst of a drunkard.
1837 Penny Mag. 9 Sept. 341/1 In these mountain districts there are some peculiar streams noted for the superexcellence of their trout.
1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 179 Considering the depth of his demerit and the height of the adored one's super-excellence.
1920 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 70 As I read..there chased through my veins the little chills that are the tribute of the subconscious self to literary super-excellence.
2008 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 5 What feats of sporting super-excellence. If this..is to be my last Olympics, then what a final act.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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