| \eg-ZIM-ee-uh s\ | adjective
1. Obsolete. distinguished; eminent; excellent.
| | Quotes | I must applaud your eximious valour, however, for life can be very difficult--and dangerous …
-- Claire Lorrimer, The Silver Link, 1993 | | | | | | | | | | Origin of eximious | | Eximious comes from the Latin adjective eximius "select, distinguished, excellent," which is a derivative of the verb eximere, "to take out, remove." It entered English in the mid-1500s. | |
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