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comparative more eximious, superlative most eximious
(archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding. quotations
You've read the death of Hercules,In classic tale related;But there the facts of his deceaseErroneously are stated:Each schoolboy will at large reciteFast as his Alphabeta,How that eximious man of mightDeparted on Mount Eta.
1850, “The Hercules Cheap Paletot”, in Punch, volume 18, page 38
Eximious is a delicious word, meaning, outstanding.
2002, A.S. Byatt, A Whistling Woman, Vintage International, published 2004, page 115