Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state, quality, or condition of excelling; superiority.
- n. Something in which one excels.
- n. Excellency.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of excelling in anything or of possessing good qualities in an unusual or eminent degree; merit; goodness; virtue; superiority; eminence.
- n. A mark or trait of superiority; a valuable quality; anything highly laudable, meritorious, or virtuous in persons, or valuable and esteemed in things; a merit.
- n. Same as excellency, 2.
Wiktionary
- n. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
- n. Something in which one excels.
- n. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
- n. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
- n. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form
excellency .
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- n. an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
Etymologies
- Latin excellentia (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Alas, two of the destinations were anything but recommendations, and both reminded me of Joseph Epstein's observation: Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant.”
“Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant. —”
“Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant.”
“Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant.”
“A gentle reminder: "Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant.”
“And it is wrong because of the underlying implication that only a winner has a shot at long-term excellence, or even greatness.”
NPR: Your Letters: Gulf Recovery; Immigration And Healthcare
“The word excellence doesn't do justice to Armstrong's tour record.”
“Socrates: And I called the excellence in wrestling gymnastic?”
“But when I use the word excellence, I do not mean to say that in this respect he surpasses any other painter, as I will presently show.”
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.
“SOCRATES: And I called the excellence in wrestling gymnastic?”
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
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