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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1400
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Secund-best, adj. [Late ME secunde best (1439), next in quality to the first.] Next in importance. = Secund adj. 2. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1592.
He is secund best [L. secundus] nixt the kinge
