especial

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɛsˈpɛʃəl/

Definition of especial

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Exceptional in importance or significance; special.
    “Pay especial attention to chapter five.”
    “an especial hatred of cats”
    “[...] this is of especial value in foggy weather.”
    “Starting from this base list, a number of databases were systematically searched for terms, with especial effort taken to discover the earliest attestation possible[.]”
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adj

  1. Exceptional in importance or significance; special.
    “Pay especial attention to chapter five.”
    “an especial hatred of cats”
    “[...] this is of especial value in foggy weather.”
    “Starting from this base list, a number of databases were systematically searched for terms, with especial effort taken to discover the earliest attestation possible[.]”
  2. Particular.
    “acting with no especial goal”
    “Only one modern picture was admitted, and that was a likeness of Constance, painted under her father's especial instructions.”

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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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