infraordinary
infraordinary adjective: existing at a level below that which is considered ordinary.
Adjective
infraordinary (comparative more infraordinary, superlative most infraordinary)
- Existing at a level below that which is considered ordinary.
- There is richness in every verse, with ever now and then a bit of imagery that must inevitably stamp itself upon even an infraordinary intelligence.1904 February, “Books and Writers”, in Sunset, volume XII, number 4, San Francisco, C.A.: Southern Pacific, page 368, column 2
- More generally, the historical idea of Little Italy weans its authority from the worlding effects of the colony's infraordinary everyday life, which appears as a fully visualized morphology.2010, William Boelhower, “Figuring Out Little Italy: Down Mott Street and into the City”, in Dennis Barone, Stefano Luconi, editors, Small Towns, Big Cities: The Urban Experience of Italian...
Forms of infraordinary
| comparative | more infraordinary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most infraordinary |
Origin of infraordinary
From infra- + ordinary. Now mainly used as an allusion to the writings of French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist Georges Perec, who used the term l'infra-ordinaire in his 1973 essay "Approaches to What?" (Approches de quoi ?). First attested in 1827.
Questions about infraordinary
- What does infraordinary mean?
- Infraordinary means existing at a level below that which is considered ordinary.
- What part of speech is infraordinary?
- Infraordinary is an adjective.
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