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Par excellence
Definitions
- 1 Most excellent, variously intending; Being the proper or truest example of a general name. not-comparable, postpositional
"The Santo (which is St. Antonio's church, called il Santo par excellence) […]"
- 2 Most excellent, variously intending; Being a quintessential example of a general type. not-comparable, postpositional
"This is the age of invention, most certainly—the age, one may say—the age par excellence."
- 1 Because or on account of one's excellence. not-comparable
"The name of Venus is in deede but bautye, And men me fayrest call, per excellencye."
- 2 Most excellently, variously intending; Most especially, in particular, most notably (out of a thing or person's other attributes, roles, etc.). not-comparable
"He was par excellence a theologian."
- 3 Most excellently, variously intending; In a superior way, in the most representative or fully-developed manner. not-comparable
"She was par excellence the vigilant member of the house-hold."
- 1 to a degree of excellence wordnet
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representative way; above all”), a calque of Latin per excellentiam, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κατ’ ἐξοχήν (kat’ exokhḗn).
Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representative way; above all”), a calque of Latin per excellentiam, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κατ’ ἐξοχήν (kat’ exokhḗn).
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