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excellent

ex.cel.lent \'ek-s(*-)l*nt\ aj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L excellent-, excellens, 
   fr. prp. of excellere)X archaic  1: SUPERIOR  2: very good of its kind : 
   eminently good : FIRST-CLASS  - ex.cel.lent.ly av