单词 | superplanetary |
释义 | superplanetaryadj.n. Situated or operating above the surface of a planet. Also as n.: a superplanetary being. ΚΠ a1821 S. T. Coleridge in Marginalia (1998) IV. 538 A bright fire is the apotheosis of Coal: and Mary, as Fire-maker, a maker of black Angels, and other beatified Super-planetaries! 1822 London Mag. Feb. 161/2 Pan is..Vulcan, when, as the super-planetary fire, he was adored as the fountain of human souls. 1920 Theosophical Outlook 3 Apr. 108/2 We are scarcely justified, it occurs to me, to postulate the intervention of superplanetary agencies. 1999 D. Brin Foundation's Triumph i. viii. 39 Fawning attendants saw to the needs of super-planetary gentry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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