I. -nt adjective
( sometimes -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin excellent-, excellens, from present participle of excellere to excel — more at excel
1. archaic : excelling or exceeding in kind or degree
2. : of high station, rank, or office — used as a title or in a mode of address and often cap.
the most excellent chief of the lodge will preside at the meeting
3. : meritoriously near the standard or model : very good of its kind : first-class
this vase is an excellent imitation of the antique
broadly : of great worth : eminently good
an excellent man
excellent breeding
crossbred wool was in excellent demand
many excellent Americans are fighting this hysteria — Hugh Gaitskell
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from excellent (I)
archaic : excellently , exceedingly