numinousadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːmᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)umənəs/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– numinous, 1800s numynous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nūmin- , nūmen , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin nūmin-, nūmen numen n. + -ous suffix. In sense 2 after German (das) Numinöse, (das) Numinose (noun), numinös (adjective) (all forms in R. Otto Das Heilige (1917) ii. 7, iii. 12).

a. Of or relating to a numen; revealing or indicating the presence of a divinity; divine, spiritual. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective]

holyc825

divinec1374

greatc1380

sainta1400

divinelyc1400

deific1490

ethereala1522

deifical1563

godly1582

numinous1647

numinal1652

deiform1654

deical1662

sacred1697

theistic1854

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > of things, places, or qualities

reverent?c1400

reverendc1443

venerand1549

sacred1560

venerable1601

reverentiala1631

numinous1647

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > of all religions

numinous1647

numinosum1938

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 62 The Will of a King is very numinous; it hath a kinde of vast universality in it.

1864 R. S. Hawker Quest Sangraal 17 An Orient Cruse, Fulfill'd, and running o'er, with Numynous Light.

1941 G. G. Scholem Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism 59 The key-word of the numinous, the Kedushah, the trishagion from Isaiah vi, 3, in which the ecstasy of the mystic culminates: holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts.

1951 J. L. Adams tr. P. Tillich Protestant Era p. xxxix Protestants..often are unaware of the numinous power inherent in genuine symbols.

1993 Atlantic Oct. 113/1 Calle de la Luna shows a smiling crescent moon, Calle del Cristo a numinous Christ on the cross.

b. In extended use: giving rise to a sense of the spiritually transcendent; (esp. of things in art or the natural world) evoking a heightened sense of the mystical or sublime; awe-inspiring. Also as n.

ΚΠ

a1952 G. Santayana in Webster (1961) (at cited word) When tradition has lost its numinous authority.

1964 D. Holbrook Eng. for Rejected i. 19 The ‘numinous’ in the environment where it may be found, as in great architecture.

1979 Washington Post 3 June c2/1 I mention the subject of blue flowers because I suspect there is indeed some numinous aspect to blue and that other gardeners sense it as much as I do.

1986 Creative Camera v. 33/3 The Southam Street being proposed here is no longer a real street with real people, but some kind of numinous location in a purely cultural geography, an intellectual site.

1996–7 Caduceus Winter 14/2 Quality reaches a particular fullness of expression in the creative arts, and in that sense of the numinous that leads to a subtle awareness of ourselves as spiritual as well as physical beings.

2. Psychology. Relating to the experience of the divine as awesome or terrifying; designating that which governs the subject outside his or her own will. Also as n. Cf. numinosum n.

ΚΠ

1923 J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto Idea of Holy ii. 6 For this purpose I adopt a word coined from the Latin numen. Omen has given us ominous, and there is no reason why from numen we should not similarly form a word ‘numinous’. I shall speak..of a unique ‘numinous’ category of value and of a definitely ‘numinous’ state of mind.

1923 J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto Idea of Holy iii. 11 The numinous is thus felt as objective and outside the self.

1934 W. Temple Nature, Man & God i. 23 What Otto speaks of as the ‘Mysterium tremendum’, the quality in the object of religion which he describes as ‘Numinous’, is just that before which we do not reason but bow.

1972 S. W. Sykes in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind II. vi. 154 [Rudolf] Otto defined numinous as the non-rational mystery behind religion, which is both awesome and fascinating. It is, he asserted, the permanent and essential feature of all religion, including Christianity.

1984 Rev. Eng. Stud. Nov. 593 Dr. Gould's reading of myth in Joyce, Lawrence, and Eliot concentrates upon the ‘numinous’ (an oddly ‘Jungian’ notion, however ‘displaced’ by structuralism).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	numinous
释义	numinousadj.n. Brit. /ˈnjuːmᵻnəs/, U.S. /ˈn(j)umənəs/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– numinous, 1800s numynous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nūmin- , nūmen , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin nūmin-, nūmen numen n. + -ous suffix. In sense 2 after German (das) Numinöse, (das) Numinose (noun), numinös (adjective) (all forms in R. Otto Das Heilige (1917) ii. 7, iii. 12). 1. a. Of or relating to a numen; revealing or indicating the presence of a divinity; divine, spiritual. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] holyc825 divinec1374 greatc1380 sainta1400 divinelyc1400 deific1490 ethereala1522 deifical1563 godly1582 numinous1647 numinal1652 deiform1654 deical1662 sacred1697 theistic1854 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > of things, places, or qualities reverent?c1400 reverendc1443 venerand1549 sacred1560 venerable1601 reverentiala1631 numinous1647 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > of all religions numinous1647 numinosum1938 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 62 The Will of a King is very numinous; it hath a kinde of vast universality in it. 1864 R. S. Hawker Quest Sangraal 17 An Orient Cruse, Fulfill'd, and running o'er, with Numynous Light. 1941 G. G. Scholem Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism 59 The key-word of the numinous, the Kedushah, the trishagion from Isaiah vi, 3, in which the ecstasy of the mystic culminates: holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts. 1951 J. L. Adams tr. P. Tillich Protestant Era p. xxxix Protestants..often are unaware of the numinous power inherent in genuine symbols. 1993 Atlantic Oct. 113/1 Calle de la Luna shows a smiling crescent moon, Calle del Cristo a numinous Christ on the cross. b. In extended use: giving rise to a sense of the spiritually transcendent; (esp. of things in art or the natural world) evoking a heightened sense of the mystical or sublime; awe-inspiring. Also as n. ΚΠ a1952 G. Santayana in Webster (1961) (at cited word) When tradition has lost its numinous authority. 1964 D. Holbrook Eng. for Rejected i. 19 The ‘numinous’ in the environment where it may be found, as in great architecture. 1979 Washington Post 3 June c2/1 I mention the subject of blue flowers because I suspect there is indeed some numinous aspect to blue and that other gardeners sense it as much as I do. 1986 Creative Camera v. 33/3 The Southam Street being proposed here is no longer a real street with real people, but some kind of numinous location in a purely cultural geography, an intellectual site. 1996–7 Caduceus Winter 14/2 Quality reaches a particular fullness of expression in the creative arts, and in that sense of the numinous that leads to a subtle awareness of ourselves as spiritual as well as physical beings. 2. Psychology. Relating to the experience of the divine as awesome or terrifying; designating that which governs the subject outside his or her own will. Also as n. Cf. numinosum n. ΚΠ 1923 J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto Idea of Holy ii. 6 For this purpose I adopt a word coined from the Latin numen. Omen has given us ominous, and there is no reason why from numen we should not similarly form a word ‘numinous’. I shall speak..of a unique ‘numinous’ category of value and of a definitely ‘numinous’ state of mind. 1923 J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto Idea of Holy iii. 11 The numinous is thus felt as objective and outside the self. 1934 W. Temple Nature, Man & God i. 23 What Otto speaks of as the ‘Mysterium tremendum’, the quality in the object of religion which he describes as ‘Numinous’, is just that before which we do not reason but bow. 1972 S. W. Sykes in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind II. vi. 154 [Rudolf] Otto defined numinous as the non-rational mystery behind religion, which is both awesome and fascinating. It is, he asserted, the permanent and essential feature of all religion, including Christianity. 1984 Rev. Eng. Stud. Nov. 593 Dr. Gould's reading of myth in Joyce, Lawrence, and Eliot concentrates upon the ‘numinous’ (an oddly ‘Jungian’ notion, however ‘displaced’ by structuralism). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1647
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