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Meaning of CATAPHYSICAL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cat`a*phys"ic*al\, a. [Pref. cata + physical.]
Unnatural; contrary to nature. [R.]
      Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a
      pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical.
                                               --De Quincey.
 
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