excelsitude

[Lat. excels us = high, lofty.] Height. IMG:content-1222.png:[blocks in formation] 1724 3. That which is excepted, excluded, or omitted from a general statement, number, rule, category, .; that which is specified as not included in or falling under any rule, category, . "That proud exception to all nature's laws." Pope: E ay on Man, iii. 244. 4. An objection; a cavil; that which is or may be stated or put forward in opposition to any rule, statement, or position. (Followed by to or against .) "Your a ertion hath drawn us to make search whether these be just exceptions against the customs of our church."-Hooker: Eccles. Polity. (Pref.) 5. Offense, dislike, slight anger, or resentment. ( To take exception .) IMG:content-1223.png:[blocks in formation] same as ECCENTRIC, adj. (q. v.)