单词 | supernature |
释义 | supernaturen. That which transcends nature; supernatural character; a supernatural realm or system. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > [noun] supernatural1604 supranature1616 supernature1658 preternatural1769 weirddom1863 supranatural1908 1658 T. Meriton Love & War i. iii. sig. B3v Her splendent parts doth so transcend clearness, That by its supernatures work, it dazels all. 1844 W. M. Thackeray May Gambols in Fraser's Mag. June 710/2 A conversation..which must have been taken from nature, or Mother Bunch's delightful super-nature. 1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 217 There is a certain mystery and supernature about Wilkinson. 1898 E. Clodd Tom Tit Tot Introd. 2 When these [tales] were woven out of old traditions, no sharp lines severed nature from super-nature. 1914 R. E. Lloyd What is Adaptation? ii. 46 Both are aware of that which is beyond them as individuals, of a supernature. 1995 J. Neusner Torah Teaches i. 41 Knowledge of the Torah now joined the one world, known through nature, with the other world, the world of supernature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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