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Preternatural

//ˌpɹi.tɚˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə)ɹ.əl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange.

    "I have employed cold air, and very often spongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation."

  2. 2
    Having an existence outside of the natural world. dated

    "Macbeth is like a record of a preternatural and tragical event."

Adjective
  1. 1
    existing outside of or not in accordance with nature wordnet
  2. 2
    surpassing the ordinary or normal wordnet

Etymology

From preter- + natural, after Latin prēternātūrālis/praeternātūrālis, from praeter nātūram, from praeter (“beyond”) + nātūra (“nature”); compare supernatural.

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