[ɛˈspɛʃl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- better or greater than usual; special
(e.g: these traditions are of especial interest to feminists)

- for or belonging chiefly to one person or thing
(e.g: her outburst was for my especial benefit)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin specialis ‘special’, from species (see species)