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单词 extraordinaire
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Definition of extraordinaire in English:

extraordinaire

adjective ɪkˌstrɔːdɪˈnɛːɪkstrɔrdɪˈnɛr
informal
  • postpositive Outstanding in a particular capacity.

    the noted Hollywood middleman extraordinaire
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since comedienne extraordinaire Joan Rivers drifted back to the United States, Edinburgh has been a much less entertaining place.
    • Julia Child, an American and chef extraordinaire, has died at the age of 91.
    • But for me, good old reliable David, door opener extraordinaire, will always be the invisible man and the person I like to call my role model.
    • By repute a procrastinator extraordinaire, the Irishman insists he remains on the trail of the same transfer targets he earmarked at the beginning of the summer.
    • When it's too hot or too rainy even to visit the park with the kids, a stash of arts and crafts supplies and a few treats extraordinaire may very well save your sanity.

Origin

1940s: French, 'extraordinary'.

Rhymes

affair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, Mon-Khmer, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah
 
 

Definition of extraordinaire in US English:

extraordinaire

adjectiveikstrôrdiˈnerɪkstrɔrdɪˈnɛr
informal
  • postpositive Outstanding or remarkable in a particular capacity.

    memories of a gardener extraordinaire
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Julia Child, an American and chef extraordinaire, has died at the age of 91.
    • When it's too hot or too rainy even to visit the park with the kids, a stash of arts and crafts supplies and a few treats extraordinaire may very well save your sanity.
    • But for me, good old reliable David, door opener extraordinaire, will always be the invisible man and the person I like to call my role model.
    • Since comedienne extraordinaire Joan Rivers drifted back to the United States, Edinburgh has been a much less entertaining place.
    • By repute a procrastinator extraordinaire, the Irishman insists he remains on the trail of the same transfer targets he earmarked at the beginning of the summer.

Origin

1940s: French, ‘extraordinary’.

 
 
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