supernal
/suˈpɝ.nəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
adj
Example Sentences
- "The sweet, gentle, pious, Ocean-nymphs, who in the Prometheus of Æschylus appear as the consolers and advisers of its dignified hero, seem to hold a nearly similar relation with man to the supernal gods."
- "[…]and there, after due prayers to the gods who dwell in ether supernal, had taken solemn counsel whereby they might, if so be it might be, bring once more into honour among mortal men the winged speech of the seadivided Gael."
- "Even the sunlight assumed a supernal glamour, as if some special atmosphere or exhalation mantled the whole region."
- "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."
- "For what did Cauchy know, or Christoffel, Or Fourier, or any Boole or Euler, Wielding their compasses, their pens and rulers, Of thy supernal sinusoidal spell?"
Etymology
From Old French supernel or Medieval Latin supernālis, from Latin supernus, from superum (“celestial regions, heavenly bodies”).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: supernel, supernālis, supernus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /suˈpɝ.nəl/
- British English: /suːˈpɜː.nəl/
Inflected Forms
more supernal (comparative)
most supernal (superlative)