preternatural
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- surpassing the ordinary or normal; - George Will
- "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; -Aldous Huxley
Adj
- Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange.
- Having an existence outside of the natural world.
Origin / Etymology
From preter- + natural, after Latin prēternātūrālis/praeternātūrālis, from praeter nātūram, from praeter (“beyond”) + nātūra (“nature”); compare supernatural.
Synonyms
abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, inexplicable, nonnatural, otherworldly, paranormal, supernatural, transcendental, uncanny, unnatural
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