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单词 cataphysical
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cataphysicaladj.

Etymology: Formed as cataphysic adj. + -al suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: cataˈphysical.
Against nature, unnatural; infra-natural.Apparently only in the works of Thomas De Quincey.
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1838 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 159/2 A visual object, falling under hyper-physical or cata-physical laws.
1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminiscences in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 8/2 Some artists..have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleasing and cataphysical, in fact a caricature of anything..seen in nature.
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