exceptional

adjective

far out of the ordinary

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/ / [ɪ-] / [ɛ-]

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- 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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English exceptional From exception + -al.

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
“What an exceptional meal!”
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
“The origins of the conditions and disorders that exceptional learners have are not always well understood.”
Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
“The quality of the beer was exceptional.”
Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
“an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor”

noun

An exception, or something having an exceptional value
“Above and beyond all these exceptionals, by reason of divergencies from the norms of mental and of physical status, there are quite a number of moral defectives.”