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preternatural

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13 lettersPronunciation /ˌpɹiː.təˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə)ɹ.əl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aaeelnprrrttuStarts with PEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

Word origin

From preter- + natural, after Latin prēternātūrālis/praeternātūrālis, from praeter nātūram, from praeter (“beyond”) + nātūra (“nature”); compare supernatural.

Used in a sentence

  • I have employed cold air, and very often spongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation.
  • Doubtless there has been some exaggeration in the picturesque and fanciful relations of the almost preternatural skill and cunning of the Indian […]
  • "Villette! Villette! wrote George Eliot. "It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power."

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