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supernal

adjective/suːˈpɜː.nəl/

What It Means

Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.

Exalted, exquisite, superlative.

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Supernal in Context

“Pig, not normally reticent in these matters, now acted like a mystic after a vision; unable, maybe unwilling, to put in words this ineffable or supernal talent of Panky’s.”

— 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.

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From Old French supernel or Medieval Latin supernālis, from Latin supernus, from superum (“celestial regions, heavenly bodies”).

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