select

Definition

Privileged, specially selected.

Etymology

From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

Example Sentences

• "Only a select few were allowed into the premiere."
• "A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher."
• "At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass."