ordinary
/ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I […] will lay to till you come within hail […] but pray respond by the first ordinary."
- "He died with pious composure and resolution. I have just seen the Ordinary that attended him."
- "In short, Mr. Jolter could give a very good account of the stages on the road, and […] was a connoisseur in ordinaries, from twelve to five and thirty livres […]."
- "Here he recommended me to fix my board, there being an excellent ordinary daily at two o'clock, at which I might dine or not as I pleased."
- "Vpon feſtiuall daies he goes to Court, and ſalutes vvithout re-ſaluting: at night in an Ordinarie he confeſſeth the buſineſſe in hand, and ſeemes as converſant vvith all intents and plots, as if he begot them."
- "We are most part too inquisitive and apt to hearken after news, which Cæsar, in his Commentaries, observes of the old Gauls, they would be inquiring of every carrier and passenger what they had heard or seen, what news abroad? […] as at an ordinary with us, bakehouse, or barber's shop."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/
- British English: /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
ordinaries (plural)
ordinarie (alternative, obsolete)
more ordinary (comparative)
most ordinary (superlative)