I . n.
First-rate work ( of literature ), work of the first class, standard work, model production, master-piece, chef d'oeuvre .
II . a. ; ( also ~al )
1.
First-rate, of the first class ( in literature ), standard, model, master, masterly.
2.
Greek or Latin, Greek and Latin, Grecian and Roman.
3.
Elegant, polished, refined, chaste, pure, Attic.