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There are moments when the body is as numinous as words, days that are the good flesh continuing. Such tenderness, those afternoons and evenings, saying blackberry, blackberry, blackberry.
Robert Hass

Meaning of "numinous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NUMINOUS

From Latin numin-,numen + -ous.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NUMINOUS

numinous  [ˈnjuːmɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NUMINOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Numinous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NUMINOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Numinous

Numinous /ˈnjuːmɨnəs/ is an English adjective, taken from the Latin numen, and used by some to describe the power or presence or realisation of a divinity.

Definition of numinous in the English dictionary

The first definition of numinous in the dictionary is denoting, being, or relating to a numen; divine. Other definition of numinous is arousing spiritual or religious emotions. Numinous is also mysterious or awe-inspiring.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NUMINOUS


acuminous
əˈkjuːmɪnəs
albuminous
ælˈbjuːmɪnəs
aluminous
əˈluːmɪnəs
bituminous
bɪˈtjuːmɪnəs
cacuminous
kəˈkjuːmɪnəs
ceruminous
sɪˈruːmɪnəs
conterminous
kənˈtɜːmɪnəs
coterminous
kəʊˈtɜːmɪnəs
creaminess
ˈkriːmɪnəs
dreaminess
ˈdriːmɪnəs
exalbuminous
ˌeksælˈbjuːmɪnəs
leguminous
lɪˈɡjuːmɪnəs
luminous
ˈluːmɪnəs
nonleguminous
ˌnɒnlɛˈɡjuːmɪnəs
nonluminous
ˌnɒnˈluːmɪnəs
subbituminous
ˌsʌbbɪˈtjuːmɪnəs
terminus
ˈtɜːmɪnəs
torminous
ˈtɔːmɪnəs
verminous
ˈvɜːmɪnəs
voluminous
vəˈluːmɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NUMINOUS

numerologist
numerology
numerosity
numerous
numerously
numerousness
Numidia
Numidian
Numidian crane
numina
numinousness
numismatic
numismatically
numismatics
numismatist
numismatologist
numismatology
nummary
nummular
nummulary

WORDS THAT END LIKE NUMINOUS

cartilaginous
chitinous
fibrinous
gelatinous
glutinous
heinous
interspinous
mountainous
mucilaginous
mucinous
mutinous
nous
oleaginous
ominous
pulchritudinous
resinous
ruinous
spinous
tendinous
vertiginous
villainous

Synonyms and antonyms of numinous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NUMINOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «numinous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of numinous

Translation of «numinous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NUMINOUS

Find out the translation of numinous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of numinous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «numinous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

超自然
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

numinoso
570 millions of speakers

English

numinous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिव्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشخصيات الروحية المقدسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нуминозный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

numinoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

numinous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

numineux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Numinous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

numinosen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

霊魂が宿った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초자연적 인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Numinous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

numinous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெய்வத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुदैवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

esrarlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

numinoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

numinous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нуминозного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

numinos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερφυσικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

numineuse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

numinous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

numinous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of numinous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUMINOUS»

The term «numinous» is regularly used and occupies the 63.952 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NUMINOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about numinous

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QUOTES WITH «NUMINOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word numinous.
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Robert Hass
There are moments when the body is as numinous as words, days that are the good flesh continuing. Such tenderness, those afternoons and evenings, saying blackberry, blackberry, blackberry.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUMINOUS»

Discover the use of numinous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to numinous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic ...
The research presented in this book provides a map of the psyche that is essential for understanding such phenomena as shamanism and near death experiences as well as other nonordinary states of consciousness.
Stanislav Grof, M.D., 2009
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The Numinous and Modernity: An Interpretation of Rudolf ...
This should respond to concerns facing Protestant theologians in Germany at the turn of the century. Moreover, he examines the reception of Otto s ideas after World War One. The volume contains name and subject indexes."
Todd A. Gooch, 2000
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Instinct and Revelation: Reflections on the Origins of ...
This fascinating study revolves around the hypothesis that ritual behaviour and imaginitive awareness in early hominids may have helped to spawn the evolution of the human brain and of human consciousness.
Alondra Oubre, 2013
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Music and the Numinous
" The book opens up an original approach to the transcendent and, to many, the sacred quality heard in music, drawing both upon authorities concerned with the numinous (that feeling of awe and attraction behind religious experience) and ...
Richard Elfyn Jones, 2007
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The Vampire as Numinous Experience: Spiritual Journeys with ...
This critical work examines the vampire as a spiritual figure - whether literal or metaphorical - analyzing how the use of the vampire in literature has served to convey both a human sense of alienation from the divine and a desire to ...
Beth E. McDonald, 2004
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The Numinous Site: The Poetry of Luis Palés Matos
Luis Pales Matos, a white man who began the poesia negra movement in Latin America in 1925, is the subject of The Numinous Site, Julio Marzan's latest book.
Julio Marzán, 1995
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Samadhi: The Numinous and Cessative in Indo-Tibetan Yoga
Explores yoga and meditation in Eastern religions, incorporating psychological and social aspects of these practices.
Stuart Ray Sarbacker, 2012
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The Numinous Factor: The Spiritual Basis of Science and of Life
""The Numinous Factor" is the missing link between physical reality and spiritual reality. It opens up the heart and reveals new dimensions of our expanding Mind." - Geofrey Grant Layng, minister and public speaker
John L. Walker, 2012
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Numinous Subjects: Engendering the Sacred in Western ...
That's it, they are figures suffused with sacred associations, numinous subjects indeed, but how, and why does it matter anyway? ... The sacred. 'The sacred is equivalent to a power, and, in the last analysis, to reality. The sacred is saturated  ...
Lucy Tatman, 2007
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The numinous legacy: modern cosmology and religion
This is a book that brings home, in no uncertain fashion, the discrepancy between the universe envisaged by the ancient sages and prophets and that of modern scientific cosmology, where the possibility of divine intervention looks less and ...
Adair Butchins, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUMINOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term numinous is used in the context of the following news items.
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What Novels Teach Us About Life
Like novels, holy books inspire and require readers to use their imaginations and interpretive abilities to make intelligible the numinous and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Varun Bahl spills the beans on his couture show
... motifs and is going to showcase a collection inspired by a woman who escapes into a numinous world and lives the beauty she witnesses. «India Today, Jul 15»
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Can a fig leaf cover the carcass of an elephant? – Sakmongkol AK47
In fact, all these failures are used to add to the numinous stature of Najib, which is only believed by his diehard supporters and the malleable ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
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What colour is your witchcraft?
... numinous, mysterious yet non-empirical quality of the sublime. Most important, however, the preternatural does not demand belief or faith but ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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There's not a trace of shaving foam in sight in the early Turners on …
... children playing near the central pillar to a Lilliputian scale, thus making the light-filled space even more vast and numinous than it actually is. «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
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A Portal to the Immeasurable
One has to experience the numinous directly for oneself, beyond words, images and ideas. I saw a report of a project in which male and female ... «The Costa Rican Times, Jul 15»
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Review: Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald, Conjoined by a Torrent …
That voice — domestic, numinous, lightly tickled — isn't too far removed from that of Ms. Welty's fiction, but it is intended for an audience of one: ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Notes, Hoaxes, and Jokes: Silkworm's 'Lifestyle'
It borrows rhetoric from religion, casting the rock star as long-haired shaman or golden god channelling the numinous power of Rock, his ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
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Your goddess is not a fad, but you may wish she was sometimes
It is looking at a numinous devotional and religious phenomenon using a purely social lens which only recognizes the action of deities in terms ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Photograph by: aihumnoi - Fotolia , aihumnoi - Fotolia
The notion of God is a human construct created to explain the sense of the numinous that seems to invade our awareness from time to time, ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»

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