extraordinariness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ɪkˈstrɔrdɪnɛrinəs/ UK /ɪkˈstrɔːdɪnərinəs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the quality of being highly unusual or remarkable

    The extraordinariness of the discovery stunned the scientists.

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1 noun · the quality of being highly... remarkablenessexceptionalitysingularityuniquenessphenomenality
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Etymology

From extraordinary + -ness. Extraordinary derives from Latin extraordinarius ('out of the ordinary'), from extra ordinem ('outside the normal order'), from extra ('outside') + ordo ('order').

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