Definition of Class act

1. Noun. Someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence.


Definition of Class act

1. Noun. An entity exhibiting high class especially through refinement of demeanor, conscientiousness of behavior, and/or skillfulness in performance; or an exhibition of high class especially of one or more of those types: ¹

2. Noun. Used sarcastically, a person, entity, event, or action entity exhibiting the opposite of the above characteristics, ''i.e.'', boorish, unprincipled, and/or bungling behavior ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Literary usage of Class act

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Laws of California, as Amended Up to the End of the Session of 1903 by California, Walter Scott Brann (1905)
"Counties of second class, Act 837, § 159. Counties of third class, Act 837, ... Counties of fifth class, Act 837, § 162, sub. 1. Counties of sixth class, ..."

2. General Laws of California, as Amended Up to the End of the Extra Session of ...by California, Walter Scott Brann, Richard Maury Sims by California, Walter Scott Brann, Richard Maury Sims (1906)
"Fees, counties of fifth class. Act 837, 5 162, subd. IS. ... U61'. subd 16 Fees, counties of thirty-third class. Act 837, 5 190, subs. 15. ..."

3. 1905 Supplement to the Codes of California: Embracing the Amendments to the by California, James Henry Deering (1905)
"Counties of second class, Act 837, § 159. Counties of third class, Act 837, ... Counties of fifth class, Act 837, § 162, sub. 1. Counties of sixth class, ..."

4. Practical English for High Schools by William Dodge Lewis, James Fleming Hosic (1916)
"Let the class act as a board of education, with one of the pupils as presiding officer. Two members appear before the board as representatives of a firm ..."

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