PRETERNATURAL

PRONUNCIATION: (pree/pri-tuhr-NACH-uh-ruhl)

MEANING: adjective: Beyond what is natural or normal.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin praeter- (beyond, past) + naturam (nature). Earliest documented use: 1580.

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PREFERNATURAL - no genetically-modified crops for me ! *

PRETERNAURAL - the sound of the beach before the birds arrive

* (but...hasn't every hybrid formed by deliberate cross-pollination been "genetically modified" ? )