transcendent

Definition

Surpassing usual limits.

Etymology

From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• ""One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there.""
• "Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty."

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