exceptional
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- //ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl//
- /[ɪ-]/
- /[ɛ-]/
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
adjective
- 1
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
What an exceptional meal!
- 2
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. Requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability.
The origins of the conditions and disorders that exceptional learners have are not always well understood.
- 3
Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
The quality of the beer was exceptional.
- 4
Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional From exception + -al.
noun
- 1
An exception, or something having an exceptional value
Above and beyond all these exceptionals, by reason of divergencies from the norms of mental and of physical status, there are quite a number of moral defectives.
Forms
- plural
- exceptionals
- comparative
- more exceptional
- superlative
- most exceptional
exceptional · Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
exceptionally · To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree.excess · The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of…excessive · Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of…