superterrene, a.
(ˌs(j)uːpətəˈriːn)
[ad. late L. superterrēnus: see super- 1 a and terrene.]
1. = superterranean.
| 1709 T. Robinson Nat. Hist. Westmoreld. iv. 23 The Division of the Waters..was made into Waters subterrene, superterrene, and nubiferous. a 1871 De Morgan Budget Parad. (1872) 137 Gutta percha and Rowland Hill are the great discoveries of our day;..gutta percha being to the submarine post what Rowland Hill is to the super-terrene. 1881 G. Milner Country Pleas. xxi. 105 When your progenitors nested or herded in such a superterrene covert. |
2. Existing or dwelling in a region above the earth; belonging to a higher world: = next, 1.
| 1755 Smollett Quix. i. iii. xii. 178, I am positive it began with ‘subterrene and sublime princess!’ It could not be subterrene, said the barber, but superterrene or sovereign. 1866 Mill in Edin. Rev. CXXIII. 328 The gods..must live in the perpetual contemplation of these glorious and super⁓terrene existences. |