supernacular (supernakular)

[ Some white hermitage at the Haws (by the way, the butler only gave me half a gla each time) was super nacular . Thackeray , Book of Snobs, xxx i. supernaculum (sū-pèr-nak'ū-lum), adv. and n. [Prop. an adverbial phrase, NL. super nacu lum, on the nail': L. super, above, upon; NL. naculum, To drink supernaculum was an antient custom, not only in England, but also in several other parts of Europe, of emptying the cup or gla , and then pouring the drop or two that remained at the bottom upon the person's nail that drank it, to shew that he was no flincher. Brand, Pop. Antiq. (ed. 1813), II. 238. II. n. Wine good enough to be worth drinking to the bottom; good liquor; hence, anything very fine or enjoyable. Gab. For the cup's sake I'll bear the cupbearer. Iden. 'Tis here! the supernaculum ! twenty years Of age, if 'tis a day. Byron, Werner, i. 1. And empty to each radiant comer A supernaculum of summer. Lowell , Eurydice. supernal (sū-pèr'nal), a . [= It. supernale , supernus , that is above, on high, upper: see supern. Cf. infernal.] 1. Being in a higher or upper place; situated above: as, supernal re- gions. Then downe she [Fortune] thrustes from their supernall Princes & kings, & makes them begg their meat. seat Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 125. 2. Relating to things above; celestial; heavenly. That supernal judge that stirs good thoughts. Shak . , K. John, ii. 1. 112. IMG:content-2498.png:[blocks in formation] After the urinous spirit had precipitated the gold into a fine calx, the supernatant liquor was highly tinged with blue, that betrayed the alloy of copper, that did not before appear. Boyle, Works, III. 421. 6068 natural state; elevate into the region of the supernatural; render supernatural. The Be at rice early began to undergo that change into something rich and strange in the sea of his [Dante's] mind which so completely super naturalized her at last. mpletely super naturalized her at last. 68. supernaturally (sū-per-nat'u-ral-i), adv. In a supernatural manner; in a manner exceeding the established course or laws of nature. supernaturalne (sū-per-nat'ū-ral-nes), n. The state or character of being supernatural. super negative (sū-pèr-neg'a-tiv), a. Contain- ing a double negative. supernodicalt (sū-per-nod'i-kal), a. [ super + nod( dy )1 + -ic - al .] Exce ive; supreme. O, super nodical foole: wel, Ile take your Two shillings, but Ile bar striking at legs. OF. supernaturel, also surnaturel, F. surnaturel = Sp. Pg. sobrenatural = It.supernaturale, these. IMG:content-2499.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Of or pertaining to that which is above or beyond nature. Of all the numbers arithmetic all, The number three is heald for principall, As well in naturall philosophy As supernaturall theologie. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 148. Supernatural perfection. See perfection. = Syn. 1. Su per natural, Miraculous, Preternatural, Superhuman, Un natural, Extra - natural. That which is supernatural is above nature; that which is preternatural or extra - natural is outside of nature; that which is unnatural is contrary to nature, but not nece arily impo ible. Supernatural is freely applicable to persons: as, supernatural visitants; preternatural sometimes; unnatural only in another sense. Supernatural is applied to beings, properties, powers, acts, in the realms of being recognized as higher than man's. In the following extract supernatural is used in the sense ordinarily expre ed by extra - natural or miraculous. Taming of a Shrew , p. 185. ( Hall i well .) beyond be: what is normal; unusual or extraordinary, but not abnormal. Proc. Soc. Psych. Re IMG:content-2500.png:[blocks in formation] search, III. 30. [Rare.] supernumerary (sū-per-nu'me-rā-ri), a. and n. [= F. surnuméraire = It. soprannumerario, The odd or supernumerary six hours are not accounted in the three years after the leap year. Holder . 2. Exceeding a nece ary or usual number. The school hath curious questions: whether this was one of Adam's nece ary and substantial parts, or a superfluous and supernumerary rib? Rev. T. Adams, Works, III. 140. Supernumerary breast, an additional mammary gland. -Supernumerary kidney, an additional ma of kidney-structure situated in the neighborhood of, but separate from, the true kidney. - Supernumerary rainbow. See rainbow. II. n.; pl. supernumeraries (-riz). A person or thing beyond the number stated, or beyond what is nece ary or usual; especially, a person not formally a member of a regular body or staff of officials or employees, but retained or employed to act as an a istant or substitute in case of nece ity. To-day there was an extra table spread for expected supernumeraries, and it was at this that Christian took his sense of di ipation in talking to a man of his questionable station and unknown experience. in the chain of natural cause and effect, or which acts on the chain of cause and effect, in nature, from without the chain. H. Bushnell, Nature and the Super nat., p. 37. The raising of the dead to life would be miraculous, because, if brought about by a law of nature, it would be by a law outside of and above any that are known to man, and perhaps overruling some law or laws of nature. Preter natural is used especially to note that which might have been a work of nature, but is not. That which is superhu man is above the nature or powers of man. Superhuman is often used by hyperbole to note that which is very remarkable in man: as, he exhibited superhuman strength; the other words may be similarly used in a lower sense. II. n. That which is above or beyond the established course or laws of nature; something IMG:content-2501.png:[blocks in formation] If we pa from the Fathers into the middle ages, we find ourselves in an atmosphere that was dense and charged with the supernatural . Lecky , Rationalism, I. 157.