supereminent
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- supereminence noun
- supereminently adverb
Etymology
Origin of supereminent
1545–55; < Latin superēminent- (stem of superēminēns ), present participle of supereminēre to stand out. See super-, eminent
Example Sentences
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The University of Prague responded, May 23, with a public declaration, certifying to the unblemished orthodoxy and supereminent merits of Huss.
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As he is the chief of poets, we infer that the faculty in which he is supereminent must be the greatest of poetic endowments.
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Supereminent, sū-pėr-em′i-nent, adj. eminent in a superior degree: excellent beyond others.—n.
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Transcen′dent, transcending: superior or supreme in excellence: surpassing others: as applicable to being, relating to the absolute, transcending all limitation—as applicable to knowledge, pertaining to what transcends experience, being given � priori: beyond human knowledge: abstrusely speculative, fantastic; Transcenden′tal, transcending: supereminent, surpassing others: concerned with what is independent of experience: vague.—v.t.
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I am inclined to think, if a grand inquest of any county were employed, to discover the last resting places of their neighbors and fellow-citizens, having no other guide, but their respective epitaphs, the names and dates having been previously removed or covered up, that inquest would be very much at a loss, in the midst of such exalted virtues, and supereminent talents, and extraordinary charities, and unbroken friendships, and great public services.
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