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extraordinary
English
Alternative forms
- extra-ordinary
- extraördinary (rare)
Etymology
From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
- Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry
Adjective
extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)
- Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
- Remarkably good.
- Special or supernumerary.
- the physician extraordinary in a royal household
- an extraordinary professor in a German university
Synonyms
- exceptional
- unparalleled
- noteworthy
- outstanding
Antonyms
- everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual
Derived terms
- extraordinary optical transmission
- extraordinary professor
- extraordinary rendition
Translations
Noun
extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)
- Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
- 1787, The New Annual Register
- […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.
- 1787, The New Annual Register
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nutty
English
Etymology
nut +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?ti/
- Rhymes: -?ti
Adjective
nutty (comparative nuttier, superlative nuttiest)
- Containing nuts.
- Resembling or characteristic of nuts.
- 1997, Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook, Rodale, ?ISBN, p. 210:
- Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a a pleasantly nutty flavor.
- 1997, Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook, Rodale, ?ISBN, p. 210:
- Barmy, crazy, mad.
- (Britain, dated) Extravagantly fashionable
- 1932, Frank Richards, "The Complete Outsider", The Magnet
- Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.
- 1932, Frank Richards, "The Complete Outsider", The Magnet
Usage notes
In sense “insane”, similar to nuts, but more limited and somewhat milder: nutty means “eccentric, insane”, while “nuts” can mean either “insane” or “enthused, agitated” (“the crowd went nuts”), for which “nutty” is not used: *“the crowd went nutty”.
Synonyms
- nuts, squirrelly
- See also Thesaurus:insane
Related terms
- nutter
- nutty as a fruitcake
Translations
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