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Word of the Day (Friday November 28, 2008)
eminent \EM-uh-nuhnt\, adjective:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/7e57O
1. high in station, rank, or repute; prominent, distinguished
2. conspicuous; noteworthy
3. high; lofty
4. standing out above other things; prominent
Several others of the most eminent artists of our country had
urgently requested Mr. Dickens to sit to them for his picture
and bust, but, having consented to do so to Alexander and
Dexter, he was obliged to refuse all others for want of time.
-- G.W. Putnam, The Atlantic, October 1, 1870
Children who are to become eminent do not like schools or
schoolteachers. Many famed men found their own homes more
stimulating, preferred to skip school and read books
omnivorously. Today's "regimented schools" would not consider
them college material.
-- Victor Goertzel, The Gifted Child Quarterly, December 1, 1960
c.1420, from Latin eminentem, prp. of eminere "stand out,
project," from ex- "out" + minere, related to mons "hill."
Eminence is first attested 1621; as a title of honor (now only
of cardinals) it is attested from 1653.
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