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extramundane
adjective
beyond our world or the material universe.
More about extramundane
Extramundane, 鈥渂eyond the physical universe,鈥� comes from Late Latin 别虫迟谤腻尘耻苍诲腻苍耻蝉 鈥渂eyond, outside the world,鈥� a compound of the preposition and combining form extra, extra– 鈥渙utside, beyond鈥� and the adjective 尘耻苍诲腻苍耻蝉 鈥減ertaining to the world, the physical universe鈥� and also 鈥渋nhabiting the world, cosmopolite,鈥� a step beyond urbane, so to speak, and also quite different from the current sense of mundane: 鈥渃ommon, ordinary.鈥� Cicero even has Socrates claiming 肠墨惫颈迟腻迟别尘鈥� 尘耻苍诲腻苍耻尘 鈥渨orld citizenship.鈥� 惭耻苍诲腻苍耻蝉 is a derivative of the noun mundus 鈥渢he heavens, sky, firmament; the universe; the earth, the world, our world,鈥� a loan translation of Greek 办贸蝉尘辞蝉. Extramundane entered English in the second half of the 17th century.
how is extramundane used?
One of the subordinate bodies or bureaus or the British Astronomical Association, a company of learned and industrious men who find more pleasure and profit in the investigation of extramundane affairs than in the study of politics or art or other trivial earthly things, is devoted exclusively to the observation of Mars.
I know that there are extramundane occurrences, and I’ve had my share of experiences that can only be explained as ‘supernatural,’ but they have always been the exception.
extramundane
prescient
adjective
having knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight.
More about prescient
Prescient comes from Old French from Late Latin praescient-, the present participle stem of the verb 辫谤补别蝉肠墨谤别, 鈥渢o know beforehand, know in advance.鈥� The verb is used mostly by the Latin church fathers (Tertullian, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine) to refer to God鈥檚 foreknowledge. 笔谤补别蝉肠墨谤别 is a derivative of Latin praesciscere, 鈥渢o get to know beforehand,鈥� a relatively rare compound verb made up of the inceptive verb sciscere 鈥渢o get to know鈥� (an inceptive verb is one that shows the beginning of an action), formed from the simple verb 蝉肠墨谤别 鈥渢o know鈥� and the inceptive infix –sc-; prae– is the Latin preposition and prefix prae, prae– 鈥渋n front, ahead, before.” Prescient entered English at the end of the 16th century.
how is prescient used?
He was known to have had prescient visions that were accurate, penetrating, and defied four-dimensional explanation.
Seen now, 鈥淭he Social Network,鈥� about the founding of Facebook and the lawsuits that followed, feels grimly prescient and perhaps representative of how the past few years since the movie premiered鈥攁nd the past few months of the pandemic鈥攈ave changed our relationship to social media and each other.
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More about mal du pays
Mal du pays is French for 鈥渉omesickness,鈥� formed from the noun mal, 鈥渆vil, hurt, harm,鈥� from the Latin adjective and noun malus 鈥渂ad, wicked,鈥� and pays, 鈥渃ountry, land, region.鈥� Pays comes from Vulgar Latin 辫腻驳脓苍蝉颈蝉, 辫腻驳脓蝉颈蝉, 鈥渋nhabitant of a region,鈥� equivalent to Latin 辫腻驳腻苍耻蝉, which has two meanings: 鈥減ertaining to a 辫腻驳耻蝉鈥� (鈥渞ural community鈥�), and 鈥渃ivilian, civil, citizen,鈥� a military usage, but used by reputable authors (Tacitus, Suetonius). Roman military slang influenced Latin Christianity: 罢补产别谤苍腻肠耻濒耻尘 meant 鈥減up tent, shelter half鈥� (English tabernacle, for both Jewish and Christian usage); 蝉补肠谤腻尘别苍迟耻尘, 鈥渢he oath of loyalty that a soldier swore annually to his commanding general鈥� (English sacrament), and 辫腻驳腻苍耻蝉 鈥渃ivilian,鈥� meant 鈥渘on-Christian, non-Jewish,鈥� English pagan. Mal du pays entered English in the second half of the 18th century.
how is mal du pays used?
It is the most gentle, depressed-looking creature I ever saw; it seems to have the mal du pays ….
For all of its aural joy and ebullience, though, one can still hear Mr. Nabay’s mal du pays.
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