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keenness

English

Etymology

keen +? -ness

Noun

keenness (countable and uncountable, plural keennesses)

  1. sharpness or cutting ability
  2. astuteness or sagacity
  3. eagerness or enthusiasm

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excellence

English

Etymology

From Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??ks?l?ns/

Noun

excellence (usually uncountable, plural excellences)

  1. The quality of being excellent; brilliance
  2. Something in which one excels.
  3. An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.

Synonyms

  • superiority
  • pre-eminence
  • perfection
  • worth
  • goodness
  • purity
  • greatness

Translations

See also

  • par excellence

References

  • excellence at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • excellence in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • excellence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k.s?.l??s/

Noun

excellence f (plural excellences)

  1. Excellence.
  2. Excellency (term of address).

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “excellence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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