单词 | cataphysical |
释义 | cataphysicaladj. Against nature, unnatural; infra-natural.Apparently only in the works of Thomas De Quincey. ΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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