preterhuman
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of preterhuman
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She had scarcely appeared on the threshold, cloaked and screened by her thick black veil, when a clear voice, whose tones were preterhuman in their melody, addressed her.
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
I am aware that Peters was, both in strength and in agility, almost preterhuman; but fifty feet or thereabouts!
From A Strange Discovery by Charles Romyn Dake
In the legends which the Indian story-fellers recount in winter, about their cabin fires, Atotarho figures as a being of preterhuman nature, whose head, in lieu of hair, is adorned with living snakes.
From The Iroquois Book of Rites by Horatio Hale
Another legend, of which I have not before heard, professed to give the origin both of the abnormal ferocity and of the preterhuman powers of Atotarho.
From The Iroquois Book of Rites by Horatio Hale
Afraid to say more to your best friend—to her who replaces your mother?—When saw you this preterhuman being?
From Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
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