supernal

English

WOTD – 26 December 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /suːˈpɜː.nəl/, /sjuːˈpɜː.nəl/, /sʊˈpɜː.nəl/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /suˈpɝ.nəl/, /sʊˈpɝ.nəl/, /səˈpɝ.nəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl

Adjective

supernal (comparative more supernal, superlative most supernal)

  1. Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [], →OCLC:
      [] 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.

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