super-cerebraladj.
/ˌsuːpəsᵻˈriːbr(ə)l/, /ˌsuːpəˈsɛrᵻbr(ə)l/, /ˌsjuːpəsᵻˈriːbrəl/, /ˌsjuːpəˈsɛrᵻbr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌsupərsəˈribrəl/, /ˌsupərˈsɛrəbrəl/ 1.
a. That is above or beyond the range of the human intellect. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]
uncouthc897
unnimlyc1225
incomprehensiblea1340
unsearchablec1384
unknowable?c1400
investigablea1425
uncomprehensiblea1425
unthinkablec1445
imperscrutablec1450
inscrutablec1450
inopinable?a1475
incomprenable1502
unspectable?1504
incogitablec1522
uncogitable1529
impenetrable1531
inimaginable1534
inexplicable1555
unsensible1555
unscrutable1562
unfashionable1563
unpenetrable1581
unexcogitable1592
ineffable1598
inexcogitable1599
indivinable1603
ininvestigable1604
incapable1605
searchless?1606
uncomprehensive1609
unconceivable1611
undivinable1611
unimaginable1611
unexplicable1615
unintelligible1616
unapprehensible?1617
unfathomable1617
imprehensible1622
ununderstandablea1631
indeprehensible1633
indiscernible1635
inscrute1639
inapprehensiblea1641
indiscoverable1640
unexaminable1641
impervestigable1643
fathomless1645
inconceivable1646
indeterminable1646
inexplorable1646
insearchable1647
incomprehended1652
comprehendlessa1654
incomprehensive1656
untraceable1661
uninvestigablea1677
unintelligent1683
incognoscible1691
thought-transcendinga1711
uncognizable1720
acataleptic1727
undescriptive1744
elusive1751
impalpable1781
inaccessible1796
unconjecturable1806
uncognoscible1821
unascertainable1827
unfixable1831
unguessable1832
unrealizable1832
unsurveyable1833
hard-shelled1835
unintellective1837
undeemed1845
graspless1849
unconjectured1850
incognizable1852
ungraspable1853
unreadable1853
super-cerebral1854
elusory1856
trans-conscious1865
intangible1880
uncatchable1892
unspelt1892
unplumbable1895
unknowledgeable1920
indiscutable1933
1854 Amer. Jrnl. Homœopathy Apr. 164/2 I wish to know..by what authority these great powers and privileges and super-cerebral gifts were obtained?
1887 Lancet 7 May 924 I wish to emphasise with some force the distinction between the psychic or super-cerebral force and the chemico-molecular action.
1914 J. S. Nicholson Life & Genius Ariosto vi. 118 The new psychology is favourable to the supernatural, or at least to the possibilities of supercerebral consciousness.
1961 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 43 383 These studies feature a statistical intricacy made possible only by the super-cerebral speed of electronic computers.
b. Very intelligent; highly intellectual.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective]
keena1000
nimbleOE
wittya1100
smeighc1200
understandingc1200
aperta1330
skillwisea1340
witted1377
intelligiblea1382
well-feelinga1382
knowinga1398
finec1400
large?a1425
well-knowingc1425
of understanding1428
capax1432
sententiousc1440
well-wittedc1450
intellectual?a1475
clean1485
industriousc1487
intellective1509
cleanlyc1540
ingenious?a1560
fine-headed1574
conceited1579
conceitful1594
intelligenced1596
dexter1597
ingenuous1598
intelligent1598
senseful1598
parted1600
thinking1605
dexterical1607
solert1612
apprehensivea1616
dexterous1622
solertic1623
intelligential1646
callent1656
cunning1671
thoughtful1674
perceptive1696
clever1716
uptaking1756
spiritual1807
bright1815
gnostic1819
knowledgeable1825
brainy1845
opulent1851
opening1872
super-cerebral1916
brainiac1976
1916 R. Storrs Jrnl. 12 Oct. in Orientations (1937) viii. 200 On the train from Cairo little Lawrence my super-cerebral companion.
1966 Charleston Daily Mail 22 Nov. 11/2 We first heard it [sc. the word ‘dichotomy’] reeled off some months ago by one of those super-cerebral television news analysis [sic]. We rushed to our Webster's Third Edition Unabridged.
1969 Classical Jrnl. 64 322/1 The textbooks available for teaching Greek are clearly aimed at college students or perhaps at supercerebral prep-school students.
1999 J. Dearman Queer Astrol. for Women vi. 53 Virgo dykes who have Aquarius moon or rising are super-cerebral. They act with their head and not with their heart.
2012 Canberra Times (Nexis) 5 Jan. 4 I was sure this was going to be an artistic statement album: self-indulgent, super-cerebral and unlistenable.
2. Anatomy. Relating to or situated in the upper or superior part of the cerebrum. rare.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [adjective] > cerebrum > other parts of cerebrum
bigeminal1824
super-cerebral1889
tegmental1890
amygdalar1959
right brain1962
1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 237/2 The supercerebral veins return the blood from the convexity as far as the Sylvian fissure, and from the median surface of the hemispheres as far as the supercallosal fissure.
1999 Brain Res. 817 127 (caption) Intensively labelled neurons are found in..super cerebral peduncle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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