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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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Etymology

Origin of supersensual

First recorded in 1675–85; super- + sensual


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The thrill it gave her was unlike the shock that she remembered receiving from the poem of his youth, the shiver they had all felt, as at the passing by of the supersensual.

From The Creators A Comedy by May Sinclair

A theory of life is the fit answer to the supersensual riddle of living.

From The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett

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 Jakob Böhme

Thou supersensual, sensual wooer, A girl by the nose is leading thee.

From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Charles Timothy Brooks

And how may I recover myself in such a temptation as this is, by not sinking under the World, but rising above it by a life which is truly heavenly and supersensual?

From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Jakob Böhme

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