superterrestrial

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ terrestrial.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

superterrestrial (comparative more superterrestrial, superlative most superterrestrial)

1. Above the Earth or earthly concerns.
   • 1979, Henry Clarence Thiessen, Vernon D. Doerksen, Lectures in Systematic Theology:

     Secondly, modern criticism argues that a tangible or palpable body is not adapted to a superterrestrial abode. But this is ignoring the fact that the stars and the planets are superterrestrial, and yet they are material.

   • 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, page 99:

     Lulling music washed around me, soft voices announced the rising and falling of airliners, huge screens clicked soothingly through neverending arrivals and departures. Where in all this superterrestrial world was Tom?