exceptionality

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English exceptional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English exceptionality From exceptional + -ity.

  1. derived from -itebor
  2. derived from -ālisbor
  3. derived from -albor

Definitions

  1. The quality of being exceptional.

    • For all their exceptionality, there is also a numbing sameness to the movies of Hayao Miyazaki.
  2. A thing, condition, or other matter which is exceptional.

    • We are fain to ask what is to become of Shakespeare and a host of others, who, with equal originality of thought, have avoided those vagrant exceptionalities of humour.
  3. the condition of requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or…

    the condition of requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability

The neighborhood

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