specialer

specialer

English

Adjective

specialer

1. comparative form of special: more special
   • 1991 October, “Naked City: The Usual Suspects”, in Spy, page 26:

     Maples acknowledged the peculiar compliment with a smile, but Trump, groping for an even specialer moment, then asked, "How's mine?"

   • 2013, Wayne Detzler, Emerging Awakening—A Faith Quake, →ISBN:

     They're always special, but last night was 'specialer.'

   • 2018, Alana Terry, Flower Swallow, →ISBN:

     When you're that hungry, something boring like nuts can feel even specialer than a whole bowl of candy when you're already full.

Noun

specialer (plural specialers)

1. A nurse or aide assigned to provide one-on-one observation of a patient.
   • 1969, The New York Times Magazine, page 111:

     Monitors are responsible for making sure that all specialers and checkers are performing their tasks, and that no inappropriate behavior is taking place.

   • 1974, Jerrold S. Maxmen, ‎Gary J. Tucker, ‎Michael D. LeBow, Rational hospital psychiatry: the reactive environment, page 255:

     When the patient being specialed has a visitor, the specialer may leave him with the visitor with the understanding that the visitor is to return the patient to his specialer before leaving the floor.

   • 1974, Richard Almond, The Healing Community: Dynamics of the Therapeutic Milieu, page 17:

     Staff was relieved of much of the burden of specialing disturbed patients, and the input of information about such patients was maintained by including the patient "specialer" as a participant in nursing reports.

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Adjective

specialer

1. Comparative form of special