eminent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Famous and highly respected in a particular field.

   The conference was opened by an eminent professor of physics.

2. 2
   adj

   Outstanding or remarkable in degree.

   His eminent good sense kept the negotiations on track.

From Middle French éminent, from Latin present participle ēminēns, ēminentis, from verb ēmineō (“to project, protrude”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + mineō, related to mons (English mount). Compare with imminent. Unrelated to emanate, which is instead from mānō (“to flow”).

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