A-per-se

See also: aperse

English

Etymology

A (the letter A) + the Latin phrase per se (by itself).[1]

Noun

A-per-se

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

References
  1. Brown, Lesley (2003)

Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “A-per-se”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.

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