EXCELLENT

excellent. Excellent, a. eminent, having great value, very fine

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Ex″cel‐lent (?), a. [[F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis, p. pr. of excellere. See Excel.]] 1. 1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.
To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton. 2. 2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; — used with words of a bad significance. “An excellent hypocrite.” Hume.
Their sorrows are most excellent. Beau. & Fl. Syn. — Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite; transcendent; admirable; worthy.