PREEMINENT

preeminent, leading(a)

(adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; “our greatest statesmen”; “the country’s leading poet”; “a preeminent archeologist”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

preeminent (not comparable)

Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]

Anagrams

• repinement

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*ëm"i*nent, a. Etym: [L. praeminens, -entis, p. pr. praeminere to be prominent, to surpass: cf. F. pré\'82minent. See Pre-, and Eminent.]

Definition: Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preëminent in guilt. In goodness and in power preëminent. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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