† counternaturaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Contrary to nature; = contranatural adj.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural > beyond what is natural
supernatural?1537
preternatural1580
anti-naturala1603
contranatural1633
counternatural1666
denaturalized1800
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus iii. 17 A counternatural, Hectick..wasting of all the parts of the body.
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adj.1666