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单词 supermundane
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supermundaneadj.

Brit. /ˌsuːpəmʌnˈdeɪn/, /ˌsjuːpəmʌnˈdeɪn/, U.S. /ˈˌsupərˌmənˈˌdeɪn/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin supermundanus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin supermundanus above the world, heavenly (6th cent.) < super- super- prefix + mundānus mundane adj., after Byzantine Greek ὑπερκόσμιος . Compare earlier supermundal adj. Compare also later supramundane adj., and foreign-language forms cited at that entry. N.E.D. (1917) indicates the stress as superˈmundane (compare etymological note at mundane adj. and n.).
1.
a. Of or relating to a region above or beyond the earthly world; otherworldly, divine. Also: above or superior to worldly affairs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective]
heavenisheOE
heavenlyOE
heavenlyOE
celestienc1330
celestialc1384
celestly1400
supernc1429
supernal1447
ethereala1522
celesticala1533
supermundal?1577
paradised1594
etherean1600
Uranian1600
superlunary1614
unearthlya1616
supermundane1623
superterrestrial1635
supralunary1635
pantheana1641
supramundane1662
ethereous1667
supermundial1678
superlunar1742
superterrene1755
unworldly1765
supraterrestrial1836
supralunar1851
other world1882
other-worldish1894
1623 S. Purchas Kings Towre 44 How then could they know that third Kingdome and World, meerely supernaturall, and supermundane?
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 546 The Platonists..had..several Distinctions amongst them concerning their Gods, as between..The Supermundane and the Mundane Gods.
1756 J. Penn Var. Tracts 263 A certain supermundane Soul, which was..the Opificer and Creator of the World.
1788 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 159 In a distribution of mundane and super-mundane figures, you will always find that the circle is of a diviner nature.
1818 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 309 Perhaps, in that super-mundane region, we may be amused with seeing the fallacy of our own guesses.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. ii. 405 The triple and novene division ran throughout, and connected,..almost identified the mundane and supermundane Church.
1903 H. B. Swete Stud. Teaching Our Lord v. 144 Life in a Divine Kingdom must have a supermundane source.
1938 J. C. Powys Enjoyment of Lit. xviii. 436 Mindless and meaningless Chance..became..a supermundane Mischief, that with an ironic and goblinish malice persecutes the luckless children of its wanton creation.
2001 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 7 July 2556/2 Final causes and ultimate ends determined by a super-mundane power and accessible only to some through the grace of god.
b. In humorous or ironic use. Fanciful, fantastic, chimerical.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > to extravagant extent
utopical1574
utopian1588
romantic1659
utopic1850
supermundane1851
1851 Morning Chron. 17 July 4/3 Lord Chief Justice Campbell has mounted from the very utilitarian inquiry, ‘Shall we keep the Crystal Palace?’ to the most exalted and supermundane speculations in casuistry.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 489 According to this super-mundane argument, the rule of the Southern States was justly given over to the armed minority.
1919 Bakersfield Californian 30 Apr. ii. 6/3 He calls her [sc. England] a ‘usurper’, a ‘tyrant’... If this is not villifying a nation, then I lack the mental capacity to comprehend such supermundane logic.
1996 Computer Weekly 3 Oct. 6/1 I have long suspected that the most efficient district council is one that doesn't exist, or at least exists in a minimal form... Sadly, no council has reached such an economically-advanced state, though there are some that seem to have this as their supermundane goal.
2. Situated or occurring above the ground or earth. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > on or above
aerial1608
superterraneala1629
supraterraneous1666
upper1667
superterraneous1671
superterraneana1681
superterrene1709
above ground1779
superterrestrial1828
supermundane1833
terricolous1835
terricole1840
overground1850
the world > the universe > space > [adjective]
apogeana1644
ultramundane1656
extramundane1661
super-aerial1664
outworldish1674
unterrestrial1745
transmundane1777
extra-terrene1843
cosmical1849
extra-telluric1868
extra-terrestrial1868
exterrestrial1870
cosmic1876
extra-tellurian1881
supermundane1883
Uranian1908
contraterrene1946
space-borne1952
space-borne1967
spacy1967
1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 21 Mar. The buoyant, yet hard frozen atoms of snow were suddenly converted into a moving and irresistible super-mundane torrent.
1867 North Amer. & U.S. Gaz. (Philadelphia) 14 May An aerial railroad is the latest suggestion..travellers and merchants will as readily exchange from the mundane cars to the supermundane as they did from the old stages to steam cars.
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 950 Heaven is in this case [i.e. Genesis 8:20] supermundane..distinct from the earth.

Derivatives

ˌsupermunˈdanity n. rare something supermundane; the condition of being supermundane.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > quality of > something having
supermundanity1843
1843 J. B. Robertson tr. W. Moehler Symbolism II. 189 Earthly bonds cannot be, without violence,..at once, replaced by super-mundanities.
1996 Hispania 79 249/2 Casal was the consummate misunderstood poet, seeking not escape but supermundanity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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