superelevatedadj.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) ii. iii. 180 Though it [sc. Faith] be set in a heighth, beyond our Humane Perspicience, I can believe it rather super-elevated, then contradictive to our Reason.

1667 J. Collop Charity Commended (new ed.) xi. 29 Their own superelevated devotion must be Antichristian in the holy Sequestrations of Monachism.

1856 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 665/1 The blush of youth for his own super-elevated and unreal sentiment came over Louis's face.

1890 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 16 539 It does not seem admissible..that..the super-elevated layers [of the atmosphere] are connected with the earth by means of their mere weight.

1986 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 27 Jan. 132 The Hot T's capacity to operate at superelevated temperatures suits it to downhole uses.

1994 Mother Jones (Nexis) Nov. 43 Some people with superelevated cholesterol levels might still need cholestyramine.

2002 Drapers Rec. 19 Jan. 12/1 Looking for collectors of Vivienne Westwood merchandise to make an offer for her pair of the designer's superelevated shoes.

1873 Iron 11 Oct. 465/2 The trunnions..tend to the preservation of a true and perfect line of bearing on the journal, over rough tracks, or on the superelevated or depressed line of rail on curves.

1918 Good Roads 13 July 9 (caption) Superelevated 30-degree curve on the Duwamish-Renton Junction Road in King County, Washington.

1976 P. R. White Planning for Public Transport viii. 166 In practice, it is necessary to allow for slow running or stopping of trains on a super-elevated curve.

2006 D. Louter Windshield Wilderness 62 Landscape architects introduced radial and superelevated, or banked, turns to eliminate steep grades and switchbacks.