OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 17345

preternatural

/ˌpɹiː.təˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə)ɹ.əl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
preternatural
Having an existence outside of the natural world.
Macbeth is like a record of a preternatural and tragical event.
Not Leonore, in that preternatural midnight excursion with her phantom lover, was more terrified than poor Maggie in this entirely natural ride on a short-paced donkey, [...]