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par excellence

[pahr ek-suh-lahns, ek-suh-lans; Fr. pa-rek-se-lahns]

par ex·cel·lence

[pahr ek-suh-lahns, ek-suh-lans; Fr. pa-rek-se-lahns]
noun
being an example of excellence; superior; preeminent: a chef par excellence.

Origin:
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Par excellence is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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par excellence (par ɛksɛlɑ̃s, English pɑːr ˈɛksələns)
 
adv
to a degree of excellence; beyond comparison: she is the charitable lady par excellence
 
[literally: by (way of) excellence]

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