释义 |
cataˈphysical, a. nonce-wd. [f. as prec. + -al1.] Against nature, unnatural; infra-natural.
1839De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. I. 337 (D.) A visual object, falling under hyper-physical or cata-physical laws. Ibid. II. v. 251 Some artists..have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleasing and cataphysical, in fact a caricature of anything..seen in nature. |