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preeminent

adj
/pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin praeēminēns, present participle of praeēmineō (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ēmineō.

  1. borrowed from praeēminēns
  2. borrowed from preeminent

Definitions

  1. Exceeding others in quality or rank

    Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.

    • China is still preeminent for its Goldfish, of which Pennant informs us that the most beautiful kinds, both for elegance of shape and richness of tinting, are taken in a small lake in the Province of Che-kyang.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at preeminent. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at preeminent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at preeminent

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