supernal

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Pronunciation
/suːˈpɜː.nəl/ (UK)
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/suːˈpɜː.nəl/ (UK) · /sjuːˈpɜː.nəl/ (UK) · /sʊˈpɜː.nəl/ (UK) · /suˈpɝ.nəl/ · /sʊˈpɝ.nəl/ · /səˈpɝ.nəl/

Definition of supernal

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
    “[…]and there, after due prayers to the gods who dwell in ether supernal, had taken solemn counsel whereby they might, if so be it might be, bring once more into honour among mortal men the winged speech of the seadivided Gael.”
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adj

  1. Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
    “[…]and there, after due prayers to the gods who dwell in ether supernal, had taken solemn counsel whereby they might, if so be it might be, bring once more into honour among mortal men the winged speech of the seadivided Gael.”
  2. Exalted, exquisite, superlative.
    “Even the sunlight assumed a supernal glamour, as if some special atmosphere or exhalation mantled the whole region.”
    “Pig, not normally reticent in these matters, now acted like a mystic after a vision; unable, maybe unwilling, to put in words this ineffable or supernal talent of Panky’s.”
    “For what did Cauchy know, or Christoffel, Or Fourier, or any Boole or Euler, Wielding their compasses, their pens and rulers, Of thy supernal sinusoidal spell?”

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Etymology

From Old French supernel or Medieval Latin supernālis, from Latin supernus, from superum (“celestial regions, heavenly bodies”).

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