extraordinary English · revision 5724

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1431|origins=la extraordinarius}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪkˈstrɔː.dən.ər.i/, /ˌek.strəˈɔː.dɪn.ər.i/, US /ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English extraordinarie,^(MWU 2024) [[bor|la|extrāōrdinārius|t=out of the common order]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from the phrase extrā ōrdinem “out of the usual order”,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[m|la|extrā|t=outside]] and [[m|la|ōrdō|t=row, rank, order]] (see [[order]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Word Origins notes that, despite appearances, it is not formed from English extra and ordinary.^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Out of the usual course or order: 1431 in Barnhart, in the Proceedings of the Privy Council; about 1460 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Exceptional or remarkable is from 1580, and exceeding the usual in amount from 1572.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Of officials, additional to the regular staff, often for a special purpose, is from 1585, as in ''ambassador extraordinary'', where the word follows the noun as in French.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) In the 17th and 18th centuries it also meant “additional” and served as a noun and an adverb (''extraordinary fine''), uses that passed in the 19th century to the shortening [[extra]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) ''Extraordinarily'' is from 1564.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1431 – out of the usual course.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1572 – exceeding the usual.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1580 – exceptional, remarkable.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1585 – of officials, additional.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1649 – additional, extra.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Very unusual, [[remarkable]] or surprising.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Beyond what is ordinary or usual.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of an [[official]] or [[meeting]], employed or held for a special purpose: ''an extraordinary general meeting''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[extraordinarily]]

+ * [[extraordinariness]]

+ * [[unextraordinary]]

+ * [[extraordinary ray]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[extra]]

+ * [[ordinary]]

+ * [[order]]

+ * [[extra-]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}