supersensible en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English sensible English supersensible From super- + sensible.
Meanings
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Beyond the range of what is perceptible by the senses; not belonging to the experienceable physical world.
Heaven is a supersensible realm.
The imagination, therefore, must furnish to religion and to metaphysics those large ideas tinctured with passion, those supersensible forms shrouded in awe, in which alone a mind of great sweep and vitality can find its congenial objects.
1900, George Santayana, chapter 1, in Interpretations of Poetry and Religion, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 6:
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Extremely sensible; excessively sensitive or aware of something.
[…] the patriotic zeal officially evinced by Claggart had somewhat irritated him as appearing rather supersensible and strained.
1924, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most supersensible | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more supersensible | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |