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extraordinaire

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪkˌstɹɔː(ɹ).dɪˈnɛː(ɹ)/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from French extraordinaire. Doublet of extraordinary.

  1. Extraordinary, remarkable, outstanding.
  2. (of a person) Particularly skilled; unusually active; particularly successful.

    He was a dancer extraordinaire.

    Charlie Parker, saxophonist extraordinaire, released many records.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French extraordinaire. Doublet of extraordinary.

  1. Something particularly remarkable or outstanding.

    "The very best of Swiss dining in this essentially rural country is as much about experience as culinary extraordinaire."