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noun
The quality of being exceptional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: exceptionalness
Antonyms: unexceptionality, unexceptionalness
noun
A thing, condition, or other matter which is exceptional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the condition of requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: education
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English exceptionality From exceptional + -ity.
Across languages
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