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transmundane

transmundane adjective: occurring beyond the physical world.

Adjective

transmundane (comparative more transmundane, superlative most transmundane)

  1. Occurring beyond the physical world
    • The hope of Raynham had lent a careless half-compelled attention to the foregoing dialogue, wherein a common labourer and a travelling tinker had propounded and discussed one of the most ancient theories of transmundane dominion and influence on mundane affairs.1859, George Meredith, chapter 6, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC

Forms of transmundane

comparativemore transmundane
superlativemost transmundane

Origin of transmundane

From trans- + mundane.

Questions about transmundane

What does transmundane mean?
Transmundane means occurring beyond the physical world.
What part of speech is transmundane?
Transmundane is an adjective.

Words near transmundane in the dictionary

  1. transmoved
  2. transmoves
  3. transmoving
  4. transmucosal
  5. transmucosally
  6. transmundane
  7. transmural
  8. transmural care
  9. transmurality
  10. transmurally
  11. transmuscle

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