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especial

adj
/ɛsˈpɛʃəl/

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.

  1. derived from specialis
  2. derived from especial
  3. inherited from especial

Definitions

  1. Exceptional in importance or significance

    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.

  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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Derived

especially, especialness, in especial

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for especial. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA