supernaturality
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From supernatural + -ity.
Noun
[edit]supernaturality (countable and uncountable, plural supernaturalities)
- The quality or state of being supernatural.
- Synonym: supernaturalness
- (dated) Anything supernatural.
- 1848, Arthur O'Connor, Monopoly the Cause of All Evil:
- filling the Gospels with supernaturalities
- 1869, Hugh Miller, The Cruise of the Betsey:
- the cottage of the miller, and which was once known as the scene of one of those supernaturalities that belong to the times of the witch and the fairy
References
[edit]- “supernaturality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.