| 单词 | numinous |
| 释义 | numinous (once / 211060 pages) adj Something numinous has a strong religious quality, suggesting the presence of a divine power. When you enter a temple, church, or mosque, you might feel as though you've entered a numinous space. Numinous comes from the Latin numin- meaning "divine power." This word also comes from numen, a word used to describe the spirit or divine power characteristic of a thing or place. However, you don't have to be in a strictly religious environment to experience something numinous; you might see the beauty of a painting or the melody of a song as numinous — if they communicate a spiritual vibe. WORD FAMILYnumen: numina, numinous USAGE EXAMPLESSimon McBurney’s hypnotic, sui generis performance piece — which recreates an American photographer’s numinous visit to the Amazon River Basin — hooks its audience by the ears. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) In Hermann Hesse’s book “Siddhartha,” from 1922, the river is a mirror that reflects or reveals challenging truths—a numinous and unflinching soothsayer. The New Yorker(Nov 15, 2016) Rothko’s abstract veils of colour gather you into their numinous despair. The Guardian(Nov 11, 2016) 1adj of or relating to or characteristic of a numen 2adj evincing the presence of a deity a numinous wood the most numinous moment in the Mass Syn sacred concerned with religion or religious purposes |
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