precel

See precellence.

precel (third-person singular simple present precels, present participle precelling, simple past and past participle precelled)

1. (obsolete) To surpass; to excel; to exceed.
   • 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:

     […] attempted a Princely Graffe, which as farre precels her, which hee hath lighted upon […]

“precel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Percle

Borrowed from German Brezel, from Middle High German brēzel, from Old High German breztella, brezitella, from Italian bracciatello, Latin bracchiātus, from bracchium (“arm”) + -ātus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛ.t͡sɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt͡sɛl
• Syllabification: pre‧cel

precel m inan (diminutive precelek)

1. pretzel

• precel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• precel in Polish dictionaries at PWN