preternatural
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adjective
1. Departing from the normal: aberrant, abnormal, anomalistic, anomalous, atypic, atypical, deviant, divergent, irregular, unnatural. See GOOD, USUAL.
2. Greatly exceeding or departing from the normal course of nature: supernatural, unnatural. See USUAL.
3. Of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world: extramun-dane, extrasensory, metaphysical, miraculous, superhuman, supernatural, superphysical, supersensible, transcendental, unearthly. See SUPERNATURAL.
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Preternatural — Жанр мелодический дэт метал блэк метал Годы c 1999 Страна … Википедия
Preternatural — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Lo Preternatural es aquello que está afuera o más allá de lo natural. Mientras esto puede incluir lo comúnmente llamado Sobrenatural, tamblien puede simplemente denotar extremos, como un fenómeno ordinario llevado… … Wikipedia Español
Preternatural — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preternatural — [prēt΄ər nach′ər əl] adj. [ML praeternaturalis] 1. differing from or beyond what is normally found in or expected from nature; abnormal [preternatural strength] 2. SUPERNATURAL preternaturalism n. preternaturally adv … English World dictionary
preternatural — index mysterious, peculiar (curious), uncanny Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
preternatural — (adj.) 1570s, from M.L. preternaturalis (mid 13c.), from L. phrase præter naturam (præterque fatum) beyond nature (and beyond fate), from præter beyond (see PRETERITE (Cf. preterite)) + accusative of natura nature (see NATURAL (Cf. natural)) … Etymology dictionary
preternatural — adj. 2 g. 1. Que não é natural. 2. Sobrenatural. ‣ Etimologia: preter + natural … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
preternatural — *supernatural, supranatural, miraculous, superhuman Analogous words: unnatural, anomalous (see IRREGULAR): *abnormal, atypical: outstanding, remarkable, salient (see NOTICEABLE): *exceptional … New Dictionary of Synonyms
preternatural — [adj] unusual, abnormal aberrant, anomalous, atypical, deviant, deviative, extraordinary, ghostly, inexplicable, irregular, marvelous, miraculous, mysterious, odd, peculiar, strange, superhuman, superior, supermundane, supernatural, unaccountable … New thesaurus
preternatural — (Del lat. praeternaturālis). adj. Que se halla fuera del ser y estado natural de algo … Diccionario de la lengua española
preternatural — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ beyond what is normal or natural. DERIVATIVES preternaturally adverb. ORIGIN from Latin praeter past, beyond … English terms dictionary
