preternatural : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: preternatural	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for preternatural
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preternatural adj surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction" Synonym(s): preternatural, uncanny existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley Synonym(s): nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preternatural \Pre`ternat"ural\ (?; 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}.