A-per-se

noun

noun

Etymology A (the letter A) + the Latin phrase per se (by itself).

Obsolete A person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit.

O fair Creseide, the flower and A-per-se Of Troy and Greece.c. 1500, Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid:

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