English
Etymology
From Latin eximius �set apart, select�, from eximere �take out, deliver, free�, from ex- + emere �take�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /�g'zɪmɪ�s/
Adjective
en-adj
- obsolete pre-eminent|Pre-eminent, outstanding.
Quotations
1850, "The Hercules Cheap Paletot," Punch, p. 38,
:You've read the death of Hercules,
:In classic tale related;
:But there the facts of his decease
:Erroneously are stated:
:Each schoolboy will at large recite
:Fast as his Alphabeta,
:How that eximious man of might
:Departed on Mount Eta.
References
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913
R:Dictionary.com
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