Associations to the word «Preternatural»

Wiktionary

PRETERNATURAL, adjective. Beyond or different from what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; abnormal.
PRETERNATURAL, adjective. (dated) Having an existence outside of the natural world.

Dictionary definition

PRETERNATURAL, adjective. Surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction".
PRETERNATURAL, adjective. Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis