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A-per-se

A-per-se noun: a person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit.

Noun

A-per-se

  1. (obsolete) A person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit.
    • O fair Creseide, the flower and A-per-se Of Troy and Greece.c. 1500, Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid

Origin of A-per-se

A (the letter A) + the Latin phrase per se (by itself).

Questions about A-per-se

What does A-per-se mean?
A-per-se means a person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit.
What part of speech is A-per-se?
A-per-se is a noun.

Words near A-per-se in the dictionary

  1. A-movement
  2. A-movements
  3. a-nightertime
  4. A-OK
  5. a-okay
  6. A-per-se
  7. A-pillar
  8. A-pillars
  9. a-plenty
  10. A-plus
  11. A-post

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