eminent
adjEtymology
From Middle French éminent, from Latin present participle ēminēns, ēminentis, from verb ēmineō (“to project, protrude”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + mineō, related to mons (English mount). Compare with imminent. Unrelated to emanate, which is instead from mānō (“to flow”).
- derived from éminent
Definitions
Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
- His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.
Distinguished, important, noteworthy.
- In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.
- Why did the eminent Italian writer Primo Levi die in the shocking way he did?
- “So. Miss Alice. Are you game?” The question is posed by an eminent novelist of about 70, who has sat on a Manhattan park bench and struck up conversation with a young woman reading a book.
High, lofty.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at eminent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at eminent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at eminent
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA