EXTRAORDINAIRE

Etymology

Adjective

extraordinaire (not comparable)

(postpositive) Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding.

(postpositive) (of a person) Particularly skilled; unusually active; particularly successful.

Usage notes

• When used after a plural noun, the adjective is occasionally pluralized as extraordinaires like in French, so that (for example) both dancers extraordinaire and dancers extraordinaires can be found.

Noun

extraordinaire (uncountable)

Something particularly remarkable or outstanding.

Source: Wiktionary



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