excelsior
a. 不断向上的, 精益求精的 n. 细刨花
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The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
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Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled woodshavings, as a substitute for hair.
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Loftier, yet higher, more elevated; ever upward.
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More surpassing, more excelling.
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Onward; a rallying cry for progress.
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A greeting, farewell or acclamation.
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From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark. As an exclamation, originating in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Excelsior (1841), based on the New York state motto. Popularized in the comic book fandom by Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee, who chose the term to sign off his columns as it was an obscure term and would confound competing publishers who imitated his style.
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