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capital, *a. and n.*
7. In mod. use: Excellent, ‘first-rate’. Often as an exclamation of approval.
1762 LD. RADNOR in Priv. Lett. 1st Ld. Malmesbury I. 85 The Hobbema is also a very capital picture. 1791 Ann. Horsem. vi. (1809) 91 He clears every thing with his fore legs in a capital style. 1835 G. Gurney I. ii, Nobody said capital, or even good, or even tolerable. 1870 Ralf Skirl. III. 26 He was a capital companion. 1875 Plato (ed. 2) I. 100 Capital, Socrates; by the gods, that is truly good.