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発音

• IPA: /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/

形容詞

transcendent (comparative more transcendent, superlative most transcendent)

1. Surpassing usual limits.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:

     In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.

   • 2020 June 13, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary‎, archived from the original on 27 January 2024:

     "One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there."

2. Supreme in excellence.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218:

     Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty.

3. Beyond the range of usual perception.
4. Free from constraints of the material world.

関連する語

名詞

transcendent (plural transcendents)

1. That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

動詞

trānscendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of trānscendō