superhumanadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmən/,

/ˌsjuːpəˈhjuːmən/, U.S.

/ˌsupərˈ(h)jumən/

Forms: see super- prefix and human adj.

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

Etymology: < super- prefix + human adj. Compare post-classical Latin superhumanus (of pain) more than a human being can bear (5th cent.), and also French surhumain (1555 in Middle French), Spanish sobrehumano (1528), Portuguese sobrehumano (1664), Italian sovrumano (1532).

A. adj. Above that which is human; more than human.

1. Of a quality, attribute, action, etc.: higher than that of a human; beyond the usual range, capacity, or power of humans.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > superhuman > of action

superhuman1599

1599 R. Tofte tr. E. Tasso Of Mariage & Wiuing sig. G3^v Vnder their [sc. women's] apparel doth descend..more then super humane and angelicall natures.

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xl. 158 A man ought not to beleeue that of a man which is not humane, except he be warranted by supernaturall and superhumane [Fr. surhumaine] approbation, which is only God.

a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 127 Bless'd water in the Font..Though worthless in itself, in Sacred use It Graces super-human can produce.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 39 There was no necessity for superhuman means to obtain such knowledge.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel 450 The miracle of superhuman knowledge.

1874 H. Rogers (title) The superhuman origin of the Bible inferred from itself.

1974 R. Heilbroner Human Prospect iii. 76 All the processes of industrial production..endowing men with literally superhuman abilities to control the physical and chemical attributes of nature.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 4/3 They frequently amazed those they encountered..with their seemingly superhuman clairvoyance.

2. Of a person, being, or agent: more than human; having a nature superior to that of an ordinary human.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > superhuman

pass-man1606

past-human1614

suprahuman1740

unhuman1782

preterhuman1811

transhuman1812

superpersonal1848

superhuman1866

suprapersonal1873

surhuman1911

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. xiii. 245 The beginning [of the letter] was thus; High and vnsauorie Ladie: I warrant you, quoth the Barber, he said..Superhumaine or Souereigne Ladie [Sp. sobrehumana o soberana señora].

1751 ‘Late Fellow-Commoner of St. John's College’ Ess. St. Peter's 2nd Epis. 30 Whether those Prophecies were delivered..immediately by God himself, or [by] some super-human Being.

1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 296 Christ is a superhuman person.

1917 Evening News (Glasgow) 8 Jan. 2/5 The Germans is maybe superhuman, but they're wantin' in common sense.

1991 S. Arterburn & J. Felton Toxic Faith iii. 59 Ministers..are not superhuman, and they are not immune to all the temptations of the rest of us.

2006 D. D'Ammassa Encycl. Fantasy & Horror Fiction p. vii Earth was once ruled by a race of superhuman creatures who wish to return and reclaim it for their own.

3. In rhetorical or hyperbolical use: beyond that of any ordinary person; extraordinary, exceptional.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and remarkable

outnumenc1225

whata1325

outnemea1400

excessive1477

superiora1500

supernatural?1537

supereminent?1563

extraordinary1572

no mean ——1580

metaphysical1589

superhumana1629

uncommon1700

unco1724

some1808

hellacious1847

helluva1905

(a) hang of a1941

a1629 T. Wilson tr. J. de Montemayor Diana in Revue Hispanique (1920) 50 391 I..stoode there a good while, enioying the sight of that superhumaine fairenes.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 106 Oh insupportable delight! oh superhumane rapture! what pain could stand before a pleasure so transporting?

1796 W. Beckford Mod. Novel Writing I. x. 79 The matchless Amelia uttered the foregoing enthusiastic rhapsody with almost superhuman energy.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. vi. 151 The super-human yells which he uttered.

1913 Chicago Tribune 16 Nov. b2 Illinois, fired to superhuman endeavor by the presence of a big crowd of homecoming alumni.

1975 E. Dunlop Robinsheugh xix. 156 Another of Kate's displays of superhuman patience.

2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? xviii. 245 Perhaps I'd be better off..just telling her—but I don't have the stomach for that... I make a superhuman effort to persevere with Plan A.

B. n.

1. With the. Superhuman qualities or phenomena collectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [noun] > superman > state or condition of

superhumanity1792

superhuman1819

superhumannessa1823

supermanliness1907

supermanhood1910

Übermenschlichkeit1931

1819 Edinb. Monthly Rev. May 576 Dhami is more related to the super-human; and we shall insert its curious history at full length.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 198 Such prodigies of valour as may fairly be..considered to approximate to the superhuman.

1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 11 Those works which I most deeply respect have about them a firm quality of the superhuman.

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Sept. 63/3 What man makes, man will mar: only the superhuman endures.

2. A superhuman being; a superman or superwoman. [In some uses after German Übermensch Übermensch n. (compare superman n. 1).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > state of being or divinity

godhoodeOE

godcundnessOE

drightnessc1175

godcundlaikc1175

Godnessa1225

godhead?c1225

godcundec1275

godcundheada1300

deityc1374

divinityc1374

divine1393

divineness1579

divinesse1594

divination1603

deism1726

superhumanity1792

superhuman1824

suprahumanitya1834

numinousness1932

numinosity1936

ground1945

the world > people > person > man > [noun] > superman

superman1894

overman1895

beyond-man1896

superhuman1896

Übermensch1902

superperson1927

slan1940

1824 New Monthly Mag. 11 424 Men and superhumans, birds and beasts, all contended for their [sc. the ladies'] favours by all sorts of fearful metamorphoses.

1833 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 14 Jan. (1835) II. 125 The glittering trappings of those gaudy little superhumans, the fairies.

1896 W. Wallace in Academy 1 Aug. 75/2 [Nietzsche is] a hermit of the present, and a man, or rather a more than man, a ‘superhuman’, of the future.

1911 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 10 110 A case of actual relations between mortals and superhumans is found in the story ‘Belfagor’.

1978 R. C. W. Ettinger Introd.: Transhuman Condition p. xi The storyteller must..convince the tired wage earner..that superhumans are interesting and sympatico.

2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 2 May 78/1 The idea took hold that Homo sapiens was just one evolutionary stage toward an even brainier superhuman.

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

单词	superhuman
释义	superhumanadj.n. Brit. /ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmən/, /ˌsjuːpəˈhjuːmən/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈ(h)jumən/ Forms: see super- prefix and human adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, human adj. Etymology: < super- prefix + human adj. Compare post-classical Latin superhumanus (of pain) more than a human being can bear (5th cent.), and also French surhumain (1555 in Middle French), Spanish sobrehumano (1528), Portuguese sobrehumano (1664), Italian sovrumano (1532). A. adj. Above that which is human; more than human. 1. Of a quality, attribute, action, etc.: higher than that of a human; beyond the usual range, capacity, or power of humans. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > superhuman > of action superhuman1599 1599 R. Tofte tr. E. Tasso Of Mariage & Wiuing sig. G3^v Vnder their [sc. women's] apparel doth descend..more then super humane and angelicall natures. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xl. 158 A man ought not to beleeue that of a man which is not humane, except he be warranted by supernaturall and superhumane [Fr. surhumaine] approbation, which is only God. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 127 Bless'd water in the Font..Though worthless in itself, in Sacred use It Graces super-human can produce. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 39 There was no necessity for superhuman means to obtain such knowledge. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel 450 The miracle of superhuman knowledge. 1874 H. Rogers (title) The superhuman origin of the Bible inferred from itself. 1974 R. Heilbroner Human Prospect iii. 76 All the processes of industrial production..endowing men with literally superhuman abilities to control the physical and chemical attributes of nature. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 4/3 They frequently amazed those they encountered..with their seemingly superhuman clairvoyance. 2. Of a person, being, or agent: more than human; having a nature superior to that of an ordinary human. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > superhuman pass-man1606 past-human1614 suprahuman1740 unhuman1782 preterhuman1811 transhuman1812 superpersonal1848 superhuman1866 suprapersonal1873 surhuman1911 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. xiii. 245 The beginning [of the letter] was thus; High and vnsauorie Ladie: I warrant you, quoth the Barber, he said..Superhumaine or Souereigne Ladie [Sp. sobrehumana o soberana señora]. 1751 ‘Late Fellow-Commoner of St. John's College’ Ess. St. Peter's 2nd Epis. 30 Whether those Prophecies were delivered..immediately by God himself, or [by] some super-human Being. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 296 Christ is a superhuman person. 1917 Evening News (Glasgow) 8 Jan. 2/5 The Germans is maybe superhuman, but they're wantin' in common sense. 1991 S. Arterburn & J. Felton Toxic Faith iii. 59 Ministers..are not superhuman, and they are not immune to all the temptations of the rest of us. 2006 D. D'Ammassa Encycl. Fantasy & Horror Fiction p. vii Earth was once ruled by a race of superhuman creatures who wish to return and reclaim it for their own. 3. In rhetorical or hyperbolical use: beyond that of any ordinary person; extraordinary, exceptional. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and remarkable outnumenc1225 whata1325 outnemea1400 excessive1477 superiora1500 supernatural?1537 supereminent?1563 extraordinary1572 no mean ——1580 metaphysical1589 superhumana1629 uncommon1700 unco1724 some1808 hellacious1847 helluva1905 (a) hang of a1941 a1629 T. Wilson tr. J. de Montemayor Diana in Revue Hispanique (1920) 50 391 I..stoode there a good while, enioying the sight of that superhumaine fairenes. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 106 Oh insupportable delight! oh superhumane rapture! what pain could stand before a pleasure so transporting? 1796 W. Beckford Mod. Novel Writing I. x. 79 The matchless Amelia uttered the foregoing enthusiastic rhapsody with almost superhuman energy. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. vi. 151 The super-human yells which he uttered. 1913 Chicago Tribune 16 Nov. b2 Illinois, fired to superhuman endeavor by the presence of a big crowd of homecoming alumni. 1975 E. Dunlop Robinsheugh xix. 156 Another of Kate's displays of superhuman patience. 2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? xviii. 245 Perhaps I'd be better off..just telling her—but I don't have the stomach for that... I make a superhuman effort to persevere with Plan A. B. n. 1. With the. Superhuman qualities or phenomena collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > superman > state or condition of superhumanity1792 superhuman1819 superhumannessa1823 supermanliness1907 supermanhood1910 Übermenschlichkeit1931 1819 Edinb. Monthly Rev. May 576 Dhami is more related to the super-human; and we shall insert its curious history at full length. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 198 Such prodigies of valour as may fairly be..considered to approximate to the superhuman. 1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 11 Those works which I most deeply respect have about them a firm quality of the superhuman. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Sept. 63/3 What man makes, man will mar: only the superhuman endures. 2. A superhuman being; a superman or superwoman. [In some uses after German Übermensch Übermensch n. (compare superman n. 1).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > state of being or divinity godhoodeOE godcundnessOE drightnessc1175 godcundlaikc1175 Godnessa1225 godhead?c1225 godcundec1275 godcundheada1300 deityc1374 divinityc1374 divine1393 divineness1579 divinesse1594 divination1603 deism1726 superhumanity1792 superhuman1824 suprahumanitya1834 numinousness1932 numinosity1936 ground1945 the world > people > person > man > [noun] > superman superman1894 overman1895 beyond-man1896 superhuman1896 Übermensch1902 superperson1927 slan1940 1824 New Monthly Mag. 11 424 Men and superhumans, birds and beasts, all contended for their [sc. the ladies'] favours by all sorts of fearful metamorphoses. 1833 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 14 Jan. (1835) II. 125 The glittering trappings of those gaudy little superhumans, the fairies. 1896 W. Wallace in Academy 1 Aug. 75/2 [Nietzsche is] a hermit of the present, and a man, or rather a more than man, a ‘superhuman’, of the future. 1911 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 10 110 A case of actual relations between mortals and superhumans is found in the story ‘Belfagor’. 1978 R. C. W. Ettinger Introd.: Transhuman Condition p. xi The storyteller must..convince the tired wage earner..that superhumans are interesting and sympatico. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 2 May 78/1 The idea took hold that Homo sapiens was just one evolutionary stage toward an even brainier superhuman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1599
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