英语词汇“numinous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	numinous
释义	nu·mi·nous I. \ˈn(y)ümənəs\ adjective Etymology: Latin numin-, numen numen + English -ous — more at numen 1. a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a numen : supernatural < a single dark and numinous power ruling the world — Aldous Huxley > b. : dedicated to or hallowed by association with a deity : sacred < a numinous wood > c. : having talismanic properties : magical < all quests are concerned with some numinous object, the waters of life, the Grail, buried treasure — W.H.Auden > 2. a. : filled with a sense of the presence of divinity : holy < the holiest, most numinous moment in the Mass — the moment of transubstantiation — V.C.Aldrich > b. : inspiring reverence < as beautiful and as numinous as a cathedral — C.E.Raven > 3. a. : appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense : spiritual < when tradition has lost its … numinous authority — George Santayana > < the candle was a graceful … and numinous method of illumination — New Yorker > b. : beyond understanding or description : mysterious, incomprehensible < emphasizes the numinous aspect of writing — Times Literary Supplement > II. noun (-es) Etymology: German numinos, from Latin numin-, numen numen : an unseen but majestic presence that inspires both dread and fascination and constitutes the nonrational element characteristic of vital religion : a psychic revelation of deity producing religious awe and ecstasy — usually used with the < African Bushmen, awed by the presence of the numinous at a given place … throwing a few grains into a hole in the hallowed ground — Joachim Wach > < the unanimity of prophets and seers regarding their experiences of the numinous — William Telfer >
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