Part 4006

<hw>Ex"cel*len*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Excellencies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>excellency</b> is over Israel. <i>Ps. lxviii. 34.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Extinguish in men the sense of their own <b>excellency</b>. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.</def>

<h1>Excellent</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex"cel*lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>excellent</ets>, L. <ets>excellens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>excellere</ets>. See <er>Excel</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; <as>as, an <ex>excellent</ex> man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; <ex>excellent</ex> breeding, principles, aims, action.</as></def>

<blockquote>To love . . . What I see <b>excellent</b> in good or fair. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Ironical]</mark> "An <i>excellent</i> hypocrite."

<i>Hume.</i>

<blockquote>Their sorrows are most <b>excellent</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite; transcendent; admirable; worthy.</syn>

<h1>Excellent</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex"cel*lent</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Excellently; eminently; exceedingly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "This comes off well and <i>excellent</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Excellently</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex"cel*lent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When the whole heart is <b>excellently</b> sorry. <i>J. Fletcher.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Excelsior</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cel"si*or</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L., compar. of <ets>excelsus</ets> elevated, lofty, p. p. of <ets>excellere</ets>. See <er>Excel</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>More lofty; still higher; ever upward.</def>

<h1>Excelsior</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cel"si*or</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.</def>

<h1>Excentral</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cen"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex<?/ + central</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Out of the center.</def>

<h1>Excentric, Excentrical</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw><hw>Ex*cen"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ex*cen"tric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Same as <er>Eccentric</er>, <er>Eccentrical</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.</def>