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preter-human

preter-human adjective: beyond what is human.

Adjective

preter-human (comparative more preter-human, superlative most preter-human)

  1. (rare) Beyond what is human.
    • He exerted preter-human self-denial in abstaining from finishing him, completely; but getting out of breath, he finally desisted, and dragged the apparently inanimate body onto the settle.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter III, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume II, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 52

Forms of preter-human

comparativemore preter-human
superlativemost preter-human

Questions about preter-human

What does preter-human mean?
Preter-human means beyond what is human.
What part of speech is preter-human?
Preter-human is an adjective.

Words near preter-human in the dictionary

  1. pretentiously
  2. pretentiousness
  3. pretentiousnesses
  4. pretenure
  5. preter-
  6. preter-human
  7. pretercanine
  8. preterfluent
  9. pretergeneration
  10. pretergenerations
  11. pretergite

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