"excelsior" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɔː/ [UK], /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɚ/ [US], /ɪk-/ [US]
Etymology: From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|excelsior}} Latin excelsior, {{m|la|excelsus||high}} excelsus (“high”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} excelsior (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) Loftier, yet higher, more elevated; ever upward. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Timber industry
    Sense id: en-excelsior-en-adj-VFGam92b Disambiguation of Timber industry: 25 13 17 18 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 15 23 8 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 17 21 10 25 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 26 18 19 11 26
  2. More surpassing, more excelling. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Timber industry
    Sense id: en-excelsior-en-adj-dXZ8v47k Disambiguation of Timber industry: 25 13 17 18 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 15 23 8 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 17 21 10 25 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 26 18 19 11 26

Interjection [English]

IPA: /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɔː/ [UK], /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɚ/ [US], /ɪk-/ [US]
Etymology: From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|excelsior}} Latin excelsior, {{m|la|excelsus||high}} excelsus (“high”) Head templates: {{en-interjection}} excelsior
  1. A greeting, farewell or acclamation, especially associated with comic book fandom and famous comic book writer Stan Lee. Categories (topical): Timber industry
    Sense id: en-excelsior-en-intj-jhDkOHyn Disambiguation of Timber industry: 25 13 17 18 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 15 23 8 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 17 21 10 25 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 26 18 19 11 26

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɔː/ [UK], /ɛkˈsɛl.si.ɚ/ [US], /ɪk-/ [US]
Etymology: From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|excelsior}} Latin excelsior, {{m|la|excelsus||high}} excelsus (“high”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} excelsior (uncountable)
  1. (US printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point. Tags: US, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Printing, Timber industry Synonyms: minikin [UK] Translations (3-point type): kwart cicero (Dutch), diamant (French), Brillant (German), Viertelcicero (German), diamante (Italian), diamante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-excelsior-en-noun-en:printing Disambiguation of Timber industry: 25 13 17 18 28 Categories (other): American English, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 26 18 19 11 26 Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of '3-point type': 100 0
  2. (Canada, US) Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled woodshavings, as a substitute for hair. Tags: Canada, US, uncountable Categories (topical): Timber industry Synonyms: wood wool Translations (stuffing made of slender, curled wood shavings): lastuvilla (Finnish), древесная стружка [feminine] (Russian), sulake (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-excelsior-en-noun-WBO1eu5l Disambiguation of Timber industry: 25 13 17 18 28 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 15 23 8 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 17 21 10 25 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 26 18 19 11 26 Disambiguation of 'stuffing made of slender, curled wood shavings': 8 92

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: /ekˈskel.si.or/ [Classical], [ɛkˈs̠kɛɫ̪s̠iɔr] [Classical], /ekˈʃel.si.or/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ekˈʃɛlsior] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: excelsus (“elevated”, “lofty”) + -ior (suffix forming adjectives’ comparative degrees) Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|excelsus|ior|pos2=suffix forming adjectives’ comparative degrees|t1=elevated”, “lofty}} excelsus (“elevated”, “lofty”) + -ior (suffix forming adjectives’ comparative degrees) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|excelsior}} Forms: excelsius [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], excelsior [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], excelsius [neuter, nominative, singular], excelsiōrēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], excelsiōra [neuter, nominative, plural], excelsiōris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], excelsiōrum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], excelsiōrī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], excelsiōribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], excelsiōrem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], excelsius [accusative, neuter, singular], excelsiōrēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], excelsiōra [accusative, neuter, plural], excelsiōre [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], excelsiōribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], excelsior [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], excelsius [neuter, singular, vocative], excelsiōrēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], excelsiōra [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. comparative degree of excelsus Tags: comparative, declension-3, form-of Form of: excelsus
    Sense id: en-excelsior-la-adj-beoxWfcY Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -ior

Inflected forms

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