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English
Etymology
From super- + excellent.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsuːpəˈɹɛksələnt/, /ˌsuːpəˈɹɛksɪlnt/
Adjective
superexcellent (comparative more superexcellent, superlative most superexcellent)
- Uncommonly excellent; of supreme excellence.
1579, Edmund Spenser, “The Shepheardes Calender”, in J. C., editor, The Works of Edmund Spenser, New edition, Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 190 Chestnut Street, published 1857, page 370:…[Y]our Latin poems, which, in my opinion, both for invention and elocution, are verie delicate and superexcellent.
- Better than excellent.
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