From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Excellent \Ex"cel*lent\, a. [F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis,
p. pr. of excellere. See {Excel}.]
1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the
sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good
sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen,
husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding,
principles, aims, action.
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To love . . .
What I see excellent in good or fair. --Milton.
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2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality;
-- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or
Ironical] "An excellent hypocrite." --Hume.
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Their sorrows are most excellent. --Beau. & Fl.
Syn: Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite;
transcendent; admirable; worthy.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Excellent \Ex"cel*lent\, adv.
Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off
well and excellent." --Shak.
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From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
excellent /ɛksɛlɑ̃/
fine; great
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
excellent /ɛksəlɛnt/
fine; great
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