Extranormal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Outside or beyond what is normal.

    "The words "Coroner's Inquest" arrived in his mind, and disturbed it greatly. Those damned doctors would be peeking at that old corpse, exercising their ingenuity to explain that a thump on the skull had jerked life out of it. An extra-normal thump, too; damme, he had seen her hurtle through the air like a wet sack."

Example

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"The words "Coroner's Inquest" arrived in his mind, and disturbed it greatly. Those damned doctors would be peeking at that old corpse, exercising their ingenuity to explain that a thump on the skull had jerked life out of it. An extra-normal thump, too; damme, he had seen her hurtle through the air like a wet sack."

Etymology

From extra- + normal.

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