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eminent

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em⋅i⋅nent

  [em-uh-nuhnt]
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–adjective
1. high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen.
2. conspicuous, signal, or noteworthy: eminent fairness.
3. lofty; high: eminent peaks.
4. prominent; projecting; protruding: an eminent nose.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (< AF) < L ēminent- (s. of ēminēns) outstanding (prp. of ēminēre to stick out, project), equiv. to ē- e- + min- (see imminent ) + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
em⋅i⋅nent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. celebrated, renowned, illustrious, outstanding. See famous. 2. noted; notable.

Antonyms:
1. unknown, obscure.
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em·i·nent   (ěm'ə-nənt)   
adj.  

  1. Of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy: eminent members of the community.

  2. Outstanding, as in character or performance; distinguished: an eminent historian. See Synonyms at noted.

  3. Towering or standing out above others; prominent: an eminent peak.


[Middle English, from Latin ēminēns, ēminent-, present participle of ēminēre, to stand out : ē-, ex-, ex- + -minēre, to jut out; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]
em'i·nent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

eminent 
c.1420, from L. eminentem (nom. eminens), prp. of eminere "stand out, project," from ex- "out" + minere, related to mons "hill" (see mount). Eminence is first attested 1621; as a title of honor (now only of cardinals) it is attested from 1653.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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