exceptional

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

   What an exceptional meal!

2. 2
   adj

   Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.

   The quality of the beer was exceptional.

3. 3
   adj

   Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.

   an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   adj

   surpassing what is common or usual or expected

6. 6
   adj

   far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

7. 7
   adj

   deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- 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 *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -…