extraordinaire
[eks-tra-awr-dee-ner]
- extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable.
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Historical Examples
And there was no lack of good wine, red or white, ordinaire or extraordinaire.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2)Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Le Quich et le Cakchiquel l'emploient frquemment aussi dans le sens de mystrieux, extraordinaire, merveilleux.'
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2Hubert Howe Bancroft
Word Origin and History for extraordinaire
adj.
1940, from French extraordinaire (14c.), literally "extraordinary, unusual, out of the ordinary," but used colloquially as a superlative; see extraordinary.
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