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extraordinaire (adj.)

1940, from French extraordinaire (14c.), literally "extraordinary, unusual, out of the ordinary," but used colloquially as a superlative; see extraordinary, which represents an older borrowing of the same word.

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Definitions of extraordinaire from WordNet

extraordinaire (adj.)
extraordinary in a particular capacity;
a woodworker extraordinaire
a self-starter extraordinaire
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