| Pronunciation: | | `preetur'nachurul
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- [adj] existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley
- [adj] surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"- George Will
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PRETERNATURAL is a 13 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | extraordinary, nonnatural, otherworldly, supernatural, transcendental |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre`ter*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. preter +
natural.]
Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the
regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or
miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon;
irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a
preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in
childbirth) or labor.
This vile and preternatural temper of mind. --South.
Syn: See {Supernatural}.
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