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supersensual

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[soo-per-sen-shoo-uhl] / ˌsu pərˈsɛn ʃu əl /

adjective

  1. beyond the range of the senses.

  2. spiritual.

  3. extremely sensual.


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Origin of supersensual

First recorded in 1675–85; super- + sensual

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Of the symptoms of true love—mental or sentimental, esthetic and sympathetic, altruistic and supersensual, he knows no more than Sappho did a thousand years before him.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus

Master Nothing truly but thine own willing, hearing, and seeing do keep thee back from it, and do hinder thee from coming to this supersensual state.

From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob

Everybody's nerves were tense, troubled by the vibrating passage of the supersensual.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

The Scholar said to his Master: How may I come to the supersensual life, that I may see God and hear Him speak?

From The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn

If he looked happy, he looked it in his own supersensual way.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

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