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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adept

▶adjective /ˈadɛpt, əˈdɛpt/ very skilled or proficient. ▶noun /ˈadɛpt/ a person who is adept at something.

– derivatives
adeptly adverb,
adeptness noun.

– origin C17: from L. adept-, adipisci ‘obtain, attain’.

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