"preterhuman" meaning in English

See preterhuman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more preterhuman [comparative], most preterhuman [superlative]
Etymology: preter- + human Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|preter|human}} preter- + human Head templates: {{en-adj}} preterhuman (comparative more preterhuman, superlative most preterhuman)
  1. More than human; superhuman.
    Sense id: en-preterhuman-en-adj-jBlJumEh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with preter-

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          "text": "And there is something pathetic in the preterhuman solicitude and preterhuman patience with which the Allies went on, week after week, and month after month, laboriously striving to persuade the Serbs, the Greeks, and the Roumanians to assent to territorial sacrifices in order to satisfy Bulgaria's claims and make possible the organisation and development of the elements of a civilised and self-sufficing system in the Penninsula.",
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          "ref": "2021, Anthony Doerr, Cloud Cuckoo Land, page 254",
          "text": "Some prey, a mouse probably, crept to the edge of the pavement below, sniffing, twitching, its heartbeat flashing in Trustyfriend's preterhuman hearing like a buoy light.",
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