preternaturaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpriːtəˈnatʃ(ə)rəl/,

/ˌpriːtəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩/, U.S.

/ˈˌprɛdərˈnætʃ(ə)rəl/,

/ˈˌpridərˈnætʃ(ə)rəl/

Forms: see preter- prefix and natural adj. and adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: preter- prefix, natural adj.

Etymology: < preter- prefix + natural adj., after post-classical Latin praeternaturalis (1255 in Albertus Magnus; c1360, 1622 in British sources; < classical Latin praeter- preter- prefix + nātūrālis natural adj., after the classical Latin phrase praeter nātūram beyond or outside nature (Cicero)). Compare Middle French, French préternaturel unnatural, against nature (14th cent.), outside the ordinary course of things (1891), Spanish preternatural (1554 or earlier), Italian preternaturale (1583). Compare earlier supernatural adj., unnatural adj., etc.

A. adj.

1. Outside the ordinary course of nature; differing from or surpassing what is natural; unnatural; †abnormal, exceptional, unusual (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural > beyond what is natural

supernatural?1537

preternatural1580

anti-naturala1603

contranatural1633

counternatural1666

denaturalized1800

1580 G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. 21 A preternaturall, or supernaturall ominous worke of God.

1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 49 Some make themselues barren with preternatural dyet.

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 232 We use them [sc. remedies] that we may reduce the body from a preternaturall to its naturall state againe.

1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 5 Prodigies Præternatural, such I account all strange Events, which hold of no steady causes, but are to us soly casual and uncertain.

1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature iv. 82 That which thwarts this Order [of Nature] may be said to be Preternatural, or contrary to Nature.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Whitloe, a preternatural and very troublesome Swelling towards the Fingers ends.

1765 F. Home Inq. Croup 16 The..surface of the Trachea was covered with a white soft thick preternatural coat or membrane.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. iii. 47 Either in the natural or præternatural state of the organ, the use of the chain of bones is to propagate the impulse.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 65 Mrs. Transome..seemed to hear and see what they said and did with preternatural acuteness.

1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon 429 He removed his hat and followed his female belongings up the aisle with preternatural decorum.

1994 L. A. Graf Firestorm xiii. 130 The preternatural stillness in his lanky frame spoke eloquently of his quiet terror.

2. Supernatural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > [adjective]

supernatural?a1425

transnatural1569

metaphysical1590

hyperphysical1600

superphysicala1603

metaphysica1631

ineffectible1659

preternatural1696

supranatural1740

transcendental1826

transmundane1859

transmaterial1903

1696 T. Dilke Lover's Luck ii. 8 I believe I can't put this in practice;—Do you see?—without some preternatural Incantations, some infernal Rhetorick,—which I shall find out amongst the Magickmongers.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 190 People were determined in the choice of their holy places by those præternatural phænomena.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 11 Preternatural impressions are sometimes communicated to us for wise purposes.

1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) v. xxxi. 533 His coming was heralded by a series of preternatural dispensations.

1955 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 54 196 At the moment of victory a beam of preternatural light penetrates the dismal scene beneath the waters and brightens it.

1991 Entertainm. Weekly 7 June 8/1 Stunned by her lover's sudden death, then startled by his preternatural return, Stevenson as Nina weathers an emotional storm.

B. n.

1. A preternatural substance, quality, or being. rare after 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > condition of being abnormal or unnatural > that which is

monsterc1384

prodigy1595

aberration1615

unnatural1627

preternatural1674

nonsuch?1706

frisk of nature1809

freak of nature1847

preternaturalism1858

hodmandod1881

1674 J. T. tr. G. Harvey Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Fevors iii. 19 A Physician may extract, what preternaturals lye hidden in the body.

1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis: Second Pt. in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 118 Thirdly, from the Preternaturals corruptly generated in the body.

1708 H. Dodwell Nat. Mortality Humane Souls 138 If Humane Souls, since their loss of Præternaturals, are in course, subjected to these inferior Dæmons.

1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. at Circumstantia In the preternaturals are the times of diseases, paroxysm, number and symptoms.

2000 C. G. Silver Strange & Secret Peoples 233 There are so many species of preternaturals and so many different accounts of them.

2. With the: that which is preternatural; the supernatural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > [noun]

supernatural1604

supranature1616

supernature1658

preternatural1769

weirddom1863

supranatural1908

1769 E. R. Montagu Ess. on Writings & Genius of Shakespear 169 Whatever in Hamlet belongs to the præternatural is perfectly fine; the rest of the play does not come within the subject of this chapter.

1822 J. Neal Logan I. ix. 158 Could he longer doubt that the preternatural was to be a part of his familiar destiny?—that he was chosen for some momentous work?

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma vi. 164 That the writer of the Second Gospel stops after the eighth verse, proves rather that he was writing briefly than that he did not believe in the resurrection and ascension as much as..the writer of the Third Gospel; unless..there are other signs..to show that he was suspicious of the preternatural.

1930 Times 7 Oct. 12/3 With the evident hope of giving a greater air of reality to the preternatural, he has fixed the enchanted island in the Orient and imparted to the magic of Prospero..something of the dark sorcery of the East.

1979 D. Davie in Amer. Scholar Autumn 470 This trained and special gift of knowing when Religious poets speak themselves to God, And when, to men. The preternatural! I know it when This perfect stranger—angel-artisan—Knows how to edge our English Upright through Approximations back to rectitude.

2002 M. Pierson Special Effects i. 19 The concept of natural magic could not be brought into line with..nineteenth-century popular science without first being shorn of its early predilections for the preternatural and the occult.

Derivatives

ˌpreternatuˈrality n. rare = preternaturalness n.

ΚΠ

1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 133 There is such an intricate mixture of naturality and preternaturality in Age.

1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 434/1 Do not stick at any strangeness of preternaturality.

2003 Re: Anita Blake, Vampire Executioner in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Apr. Edward, who is baseline human, no preternaturality at all, is at least as close to ‘monster’ as Anita.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preternatural
释义	preternaturaladj.n. Brit. /ˌpriːtəˈnatʃ(ə)rəl/, /ˌpriːtəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˈˌprɛdərˈnætʃ(ə)rəl/, /ˈˌpridərˈnætʃ(ə)rəl/ Forms: see preter- prefix and natural adj. and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: preter- prefix, natural adj. Etymology: < preter- prefix + natural adj., after post-classical Latin praeternaturalis (1255 in Albertus Magnus; c1360, 1622 in British sources; < classical Latin praeter- preter- prefix + nātūrālis natural adj., after the classical Latin phrase praeter nātūram beyond or outside nature (Cicero)). Compare Middle French, French préternaturel unnatural, against nature (14th cent.), outside the ordinary course of things (1891), Spanish preternatural (1554 or earlier), Italian preternaturale (1583). Compare earlier supernatural adj., unnatural adj., etc. A. adj. 1. Outside the ordinary course of nature; differing from or surpassing what is natural; unnatural; †abnormal, exceptional, unusual (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural > beyond what is natural supernatural?1537 preternatural1580 anti-naturala1603 contranatural1633 counternatural1666 denaturalized1800 1580 G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. 21 A preternaturall, or supernaturall ominous worke of God. 1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 49 Some make themselues barren with preternatural dyet. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 232 We use them [sc. remedies] that we may reduce the body from a preternaturall to its naturall state againe. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 5 Prodigies Præternatural, such I account all strange Events, which hold of no steady causes, but are to us soly casual and uncertain. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature iv. 82 That which thwarts this Order [of Nature] may be said to be Preternatural, or contrary to Nature. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Whitloe, a preternatural and very troublesome Swelling towards the Fingers ends. 1765 F. Home Inq. Croup 16 The..surface of the Trachea was covered with a white soft thick preternatural coat or membrane. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. iii. 47 Either in the natural or præternatural state of the organ, the use of the chain of bones is to propagate the impulse. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 65 Mrs. Transome..seemed to hear and see what they said and did with preternatural acuteness. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon 429 He removed his hat and followed his female belongings up the aisle with preternatural decorum. 1994 L. A. Graf Firestorm xiii. 130 The preternatural stillness in his lanky frame spoke eloquently of his quiet terror. 2. Supernatural. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > [adjective] supernatural?a1425 transnatural1569 metaphysical1590 hyperphysical1600 superphysicala1603 metaphysica1631 ineffectible1659 preternatural1696 supranatural1740 transcendental1826 transmundane1859 transmaterial1903 1696 T. Dilke Lover's Luck ii. 8 I believe I can't put this in practice;—Do you see?—without some preternatural Incantations, some infernal Rhetorick,—which I shall find out amongst the Magickmongers. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 190 People were determined in the choice of their holy places by those præternatural phænomena. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 11 Preternatural impressions are sometimes communicated to us for wise purposes. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) v. xxxi. 533 His coming was heralded by a series of preternatural dispensations. 1955 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 54 196 At the moment of victory a beam of preternatural light penetrates the dismal scene beneath the waters and brightens it. 1991 Entertainm. Weekly 7 June 8/1 Stunned by her lover's sudden death, then startled by his preternatural return, Stevenson as Nina weathers an emotional storm. B. n. 1. A preternatural substance, quality, or being. rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > condition of being abnormal or unnatural > that which is monsterc1384 prodigy1595 aberration1615 unnatural1627 preternatural1674 nonsuch?1706 frisk of nature1809 freak of nature1847 preternaturalism1858 hodmandod1881 1674 J. T. tr. G. Harvey Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Fevors iii. 19 A Physician may extract, what preternaturals lye hidden in the body. 1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis: Second Pt. in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 118 Thirdly, from the Preternaturals corruptly generated in the body. 1708 H. Dodwell Nat. Mortality Humane Souls 138 If Humane Souls, since their loss of Præternaturals, are in course, subjected to these inferior Dæmons. 1775 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. at Circumstantia In the preternaturals are the times of diseases, paroxysm, number and symptoms. 2000 C. G. Silver Strange & Secret Peoples 233 There are so many species of preternaturals and so many different accounts of them. 2. With the: that which is preternatural; the supernatural. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > [noun] supernatural1604 supranature1616 supernature1658 preternatural1769 weirddom1863 supranatural1908 1769 E. R. Montagu Ess. on Writings & Genius of Shakespear 169 Whatever in Hamlet belongs to the præternatural is perfectly fine; the rest of the play does not come within the subject of this chapter. 1822 J. Neal Logan I. ix. 158 Could he longer doubt that the preternatural was to be a part of his familiar destiny?—that he was chosen for some momentous work? 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma vi. 164 That the writer of the Second Gospel stops after the eighth verse, proves rather that he was writing briefly than that he did not believe in the resurrection and ascension as much as..the writer of the Third Gospel; unless..there are other signs..to show that he was suspicious of the preternatural. 1930 Times 7 Oct. 12/3 With the evident hope of giving a greater air of reality to the preternatural, he has fixed the enchanted island in the Orient and imparted to the magic of Prospero..something of the dark sorcery of the East. 1979 D. Davie in Amer. Scholar Autumn 470 This trained and special gift of knowing when Religious poets speak themselves to God, And when, to men. The preternatural! I know it when This perfect stranger—angel-artisan—Knows how to edge our English Upright through Approximations back to rectitude. 2002 M. Pierson Special Effects i. 19 The concept of natural magic could not be brought into line with..nineteenth-century popular science without first being shorn of its early predilections for the preternatural and the occult. Derivatives ˌpreternatuˈrality n. rare = preternaturalness n. ΚΠ 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 133 There is such an intricate mixture of naturality and preternaturality in Age. 1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 434/1 Do not stick at any strangeness of preternaturality. 2003 Re: Anita Blake, Vampire Executioner in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Apr. Edward, who is baseline human, no preternaturality at all, is at least as close to ‘monster’ as Anita. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1580
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