numinous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈnjuːmɪnəs/    美 /ˈn(j)umənəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity.
    — His interest in numinous objects led him on a quest for the Holy Grail.
  2. Evoking a sense of the mystical, sublime, or transcendent; awe-inspiring.
    — The Will of a King is very numinous; it hath a kind of vast universality in it, it is many times greater than the will of his whole Kingdom, stiffened with ill Counsel and ill Presidents: […]

词形变化

more numinous comparative most numinous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
numinosity numinously numinousness
相关词
numen numinal numinism

词源

From Latin nūmen (“nod of the head; divine sway or will; divinity”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality). Nūmen is believed to derive either from Latin *nuō (“to nod”) or from Ancient Greek νοούμενον (nooúmenon, “influence perceptible by the mind but not the senses”) (ultimately from νόος (nóos, “mind; thought; purpose”)).
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