extramundane
/ɛkstɹəmʌndeɪn/
extramundane means beyond mundane, beyond ordinary. It carries an Arena rating of 1488, earned across 6 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, extramundane ranks #760 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,366 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #4,681 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #4,739 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
extramundane is pronounced /ɛkstɹəmʌndeɪn/.
Why “extramundane” is a great word
Situated in, relating to, or originating from a region beyond the physical world or the Earth. From the Latin extra ("outside, beyond") and mundanus ("of the world"), from mundus ("world"). Unlike "extraterrestrial," which scans the cosmos for material life, or "supramundane," which implies a spiritual hierarchy ascending from the earthly, extramundane is a cartographer's term for terra incognita on the ultimate map. It is the chill that rises from a stone at twilight for no discernible reason, the scent of incense in an empty room, and the precise coordinates of a dream that cannot be mapped—the quiet certainty that something vast brushes against the edges of things, not from the stars, but from beyond the very idea of a world.
Etymology
From extra- + mundane.
adj
- Beyond mundane, beyond ordinary.
- Extraterrestrial; occurring or originating outside of the Earth.
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