extraordinary
adjEtymology
From Latin extrāōrdinārius, from extrā ōrdinem (“outside the order”). By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.
- derived from extrāōrdinārius
Definitions
Not ordinary
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
- Except in extraordinary circumstances, […]
- Everybody knew I was an extraordinary person. When I was born my beard was three feet long.
Remarkably good.
- an extraordinary poet
Special or supernumerary.
- the physician extraordinary in a royal household
- an extraordinary professor in a German university
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Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
- […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.
The neighborhood
- synonymexceptional
- synonymunparalleled
- synonymnoteworthy
- synonymoutstanding
- synonymextraordinate
- antonymeveryday
- antonymnormal
- antonymordinary
- antonymregular
- antonymusual
Derived
article of extraordinary value, eggstraordinary, extraordinarily, extraordinariness, extraordinarity, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, extraordinary form, extraordinary general meeting, extraordinary magisterium, extraordinary optical transmission, extraordinary professor, extraordinary ray, extraordinary rendition, extraordinary session, go to extraordinary lengths, superextraordinary, unextraordinary
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at extraordinary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at extraordinary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at extraordinary
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