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Especial

//ɛsˈpɛʃəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Exceptional in importance or significance; special.

    "Pay especial attention to chapter five."

  2. 2
    Particular.

    "acting with no especial goal"

Adjective
  1. 1
    surpassing what is common or usual or expected wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English especial, via Old French especial, from Latin specialis, from species (“appearance, form, beauty”), from specere (“to look”). Doublet of special. Related to species.

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