Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Extraordinary: a jazz singer extraordinaire.
Wiktionary
- adj. Extraordinary; particularly skilled.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. extraordinary in a particular capacity
Etymologies
- Directly from French (Wiktionary)
- French, from Old French, from Latin extraōrdinārius; see extraordinary. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The British-born provocateur extraordinaire is skirting sensitivities to make even more of a splash than he did in 2006 with the hit movie “Borat”.”
“Sniper extraordinaire is deadly anywhere from the circles in.”
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“Dr. Isis, hot science and fabulous shoe blogger extraordinaire, is putting the money where her mouth is (so to speak), and using revenue from her blog to fund an award for a budding young woman scientist.”
“Dimon, Pigman extraordinaire, is playing a game of chicken with us.”
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“Neil deGrasse Tyson, super cool astronomer, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and science popularizer extraordinaire, is wrapping up his Pluto Files book tour, including a stop in the "city of brotherly love" this past week.”
“Sir Ian McKellen, famed British actor extraordinaire, is so good at his craft that he is able to fool pretty much anyone into believing what he wants them to believe … even without trying.”
“Susan, baker extraordinaire, is a source of inspiration for me — I visit her blog daily and never cease to be amazed at her wonderful skills and passion for the joyful art of bread baking.”
“In this episode Professor Farnsworth, the owner of an interplanetary delivery service and inventor extraordinaire, is celebrating his 150th birthday.”
“Michelle Kauffman, prefab designer extraordinaire, is at it again.”
“Ken Snider, BoingBoing's sysadmin extraordinaire, dug into the stats to find out.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘extraordinaire’.
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Style
Words that pertain to style in some way, shape or form.
chichi, uber, food stylist, extraordinaire, la-ti-da, fabulous, chic, selective, adorn, decked out, titivate
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conceptwriter's Words
sloth, jackass, dickhead, technostalgic, futuristic, enigma, impact, addict, nasty, premium, extraordinaire, yearning and 262 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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heather's Words
kleptocracy, aberrant, tawdry, insipid, noggin, obfuscate, dream, esoteric, hijinks, mischevious, nefarious, rapscallion and 184 more...
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Postpositive Adjectives
galore, aplenty, redivivus, manque, emeritus, regnant, redux, errant, a go go, immemorial, extraordinaire
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speaking in tongues
schadenfreude, naïve, gnosis, sangfroid, capisce, flagrante delicto, lux, veritas, gravitas, coquette, panache, nom de plume and 73 more...
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beautiful
adjectives expressing beauty and more
striking, stunning, splendid, mesmerizing, enchanting, enigmatic, mystic, sparkling, amazing, awesome, babelicious, dazzling and 26 more...
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