superanimaladj.

Brit.

/ˌsuːpərˈanᵻml/,

/ˌsjuːpərˈanᵻml/, U.S.

/ˌsupərˈænəm(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, animal adj.

Etymology: < super- prefix + animal adj. Compare superhuman adj.

1. Of a human attribute, faculty, etc.: derived from or relating to the intellectual, moral, or spiritual side of man, rather than the physical or instinctive. Cf. animal adj. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > [adjective] > as opposed to physical

internal1547

psychical1642

superanimal?1663

psychological1789

psychic1845

incorporeal1887

?1663 R. Baxter Let. 30 Nov. in Reliquiæ Baxterianæ (1696) ii. 296 Man's high superanimal or rational Life in Unity, hath his Trinity of noble Faculties; an Intellect or Reason capable of knowing God, a free or self-determining Will,..and an executive Power.

1825 J. Sabine Universal Salvation Indefensible iv. 65 All that we have seen to be human, decays and moulders to dust; even that which we considered to be super animal, call it spirit, soul, mind, or what you please,..no traces of it remain.

1875 G. H. Calvert Essays Æsthetical ii. 91 Faculty of admiration is one of our super-animal privileges.

1958 J. M. Bradbury Fugitives xv. 257 His [sc. man's] once-proud super-animal possession, his reason, proved inadequate to solve his dilemma.

2. Of an animal or its characteristics: greater than or transcending that which is typical of an animal.

ΚΠ

1843 Zoologist 1 36 The lion and the eagle are not invested with the..super-animal bravery and magnanimity with which the older naturalists..loved to clothe them.

1916 E. T. Seton Wild Animal Ways ii. 29 Many a circus has shown the wondering world a learned pig, a creature of super-animal intelligence.

1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Oct. 11 Not since the mouse in ‘Charlie and Algernon’ has an actor made such superanimal efforts to keep a show alive as do the snakes now appearing in ‘Holy Ghosts’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	superanimal
释义	superanimaladj. Brit. /ˌsuːpərˈanᵻml/, /ˌsjuːpərˈanᵻml/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈænəm(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, animal adj. Etymology: < super- prefix + animal adj. Compare superhuman adj. 1. Of a human attribute, faculty, etc.: derived from or relating to the intellectual, moral, or spiritual side of man, rather than the physical or instinctive. Cf. animal adj. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > [adjective] > as opposed to physical internal1547 psychical1642 superanimal?1663 psychological1789 psychic1845 incorporeal1887 ?1663 R. Baxter Let. 30 Nov. in Reliquiæ Baxterianæ (1696) ii. 296 Man's high superanimal or rational Life in Unity, hath his Trinity of noble Faculties; an Intellect or Reason capable of knowing God, a free or self-determining Will,..and an executive Power. 1825 J. Sabine Universal Salvation Indefensible iv. 65 All that we have seen to be human, decays and moulders to dust; even that which we considered to be super animal, call it spirit, soul, mind, or what you please,..no traces of it remain. 1875 G. H. Calvert Essays Æsthetical ii. 91 Faculty of admiration is one of our super-animal privileges. 1958 J. M. Bradbury Fugitives xv. 257 His [sc. man's] once-proud super-animal possession, his reason, proved inadequate to solve his dilemma. 2. Of an animal or its characteristics: greater than or transcending that which is typical of an animal. ΚΠ 1843 Zoologist 1 36 The lion and the eagle are not invested with the..super-animal bravery and magnanimity with which the older naturalists..loved to clothe them. 1916 E. T. Seton Wild Animal Ways ii. 29 Many a circus has shown the wondering world a learned pig, a creature of super-animal intelligence. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Oct. 11 Not since the mouse in ‘Charlie and Algernon’ has an actor made such superanimal efforts to keep a show alive as do the snakes now appearing in ‘Holy Ghosts’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1663
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