Preterhuman
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 More than human; superhuman.
"And there is something pathetic in the preterhuman solicitude and preterhuman patience with which the Allies went on, week after week, and month after month, laboriously striving to persuade the Serbs, the Greeks, and the Roumanians to assent to territorial sacrifices in order to satisfy Bulgaria's claims and make possible the organisation and development of the elements of a civilised and self-sufficing system in the Penninsula."
Example
More examples"And there is something pathetic in the preterhuman solicitude and preterhuman patience with which the Allies went on, week after week, and month after month, laboriously striving to persuade the Serbs, the Greeks, and the Roumanians to assent to territorial sacrifices in order to satisfy Bulgaria's claims and make possible the organisation and development of the elements of a civilised and self-sufficing system in the Penninsula."
Etymology
From preter- + human.
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