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ˌextra-ˈspecial, a. (and n.)
[See extra B. a. note and special a. 3 c.]
Applied to a special extra edition of a newspaper, etc.; also as n., such an edition. Hence transf. and fig., very special; exceptionally good or fine.
1889E. Dowson Let. 24 Mar. (1967) 54 Special Sunday Edition... This [sc. letter] appears to be an extra special: it is overunning [sic] all limits. 1891Literary World 2 Jan. 11/3 An extra-special edition is to appear on the date named in honour of the birthday of the Proprietor-Editor. 1896G. B. Shaw Let. 8 Sept. in Shaw on Shakes. (1962) 44 It is this that makes her pay him the extra special compliment of offering to take the chest into her own bedroom. 1897Truth (Christmas Number) 25 Dec. 13/2 Strange forms came out upon her,..And offered ‘Hextry speshuls’. 1901Punch 31 July 86/1 The magazines, the newspapers, the extra-specials of the twentieth century. 1902Captain VII. 8/1 I'm playing owl.., for one or two extra-special reasons. 1960Times 19 Feb. 5/6 An even shorter centenary study of Mahler—it is not intended to be much more than an extra-special programme note to a recital. |