eximious

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛɡˈzɪmɪəs/

Adjective

eximious (comparative more eximious, superlative most eximious)

1. (obsolete) Pre-eminent, outstanding.
   • 1850, "The Hercules Cheap Paletot", Punch, v. 18, p. 38:

     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.

References

• “eximious” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• eximious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “eximious” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.