eximious

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɛɡˈzɪmɪəs/

Definition of eximious

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)Pre-eminent, outstanding.
    “You've read the death of Hercules, In classic tale related; But there the facts of his decease Erroneously are stated: Each schoolboy will at large recite Fast as his Alphabeta, How that eximious man of might Departed on Mount Eta.”
    “Eximious is a delicious word, meaning, outstanding.”

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Etymology

From Latin eximius (“set apart, select”), from eximō (“take out or away; deliver, free”), from ex (“out of, from”) + emō (“buy; acquire, take”).

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