transcendent
nounEtymology From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.
1
That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
transcendent
adj/tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/
Etymology From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.
1
Surpassing usual limits.
- 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
- "One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there."2020 June 13, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:
2
Supreme in excellence.
- Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty.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:
3
Beyond the range of usual perception.
4
Free from constraints of the material world.
- Derived terms
- hypertranscendent, nontranscendent, supertranscendent, transcendentness
- Related terms
- transcendence, transcendency, transcendental, transcendently