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单词 metethereal
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metetherealadj.

Brit. /ˌmɛtᵻˈθɪərɪəl/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈθɪriəl/, /ˌmɛdiˈθɪriəl/, /ˌmɛdɛˈθɪriəl/
Forms: 1900s– metethereal, 1900s– metetherial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, ethereal adj.
Etymology: < meta- prefix + ethereal adj.
Chiefly Spiritualism.
Transcendent, transcendental; spiritual, psychic.
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the world > the supernatural > [adjective] > relating to land beyond
borderland1894
metethereala1901
a1901 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality (1903) II. x. 298 Might there not be yet another environment,—metetherial, spiritual, what you will?
1911 T. Flournoy Spiritism & Psychol. ii. 57 We participate..in a higher order of phenomena—of a metethereal world, as Myers called it.
1924 T. H. Y. Trotter Music & Mind i. ii. 28 A metethereal world,..transcendental and spiritual.
1963 Listener 24 Jan. 175/3 Esoteric volumes on astral projection, crammed with words like ‘metethereal’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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