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Meaning of of the first water | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Of a diamond or other gemstone, of the highest quality or excellence.
idiomatic
Of superior or top tier in its category.
broadly, idiomatic

Examples

“Without doubt he thought she had destroyed that letter. It was—pardon me, Monsieur—it was an indiscretion of the first water to keep it.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

of the like of the moment of the preterite verb tense of the same stripe of the, from the of theirs