eximious

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Latin eximius (set apart, select), from eximō (take out or away; deliver, free), from ex (out of, from) + emō (buy; acquire, take).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

eximious (comparative more eximious, superlative most eximious)

  1. (archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding.
    • 1850, “The Hercules Cheap Paletot”, in Punch, volume 18, page 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.
    • 2002, A.S. Byatt, A Whistling Woman, Vintage International, published 2004, page 115:
      Eximious is a delicious word, meaning, outstanding.

References

[edit]