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noun a creation of the highest excellence
noun an artist who has created classic works
adjective of recognized authority or excellence
originFrom French classique, from Latin classic(us) (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis. By surface analysis, class + -ic. Piecewise doublet of classy.
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