superexcellent

adjective

su·​per·​excellent

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: extremely or supremely excellent : excellent in an uncommon degree

the superexcellent work of professional historians

—A. J. Nock

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin superexcellent-, superexcellens, from present participle of superexcellere to excel greatly, from super- + excellere to excel

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