transcendent
adjective/trænˈsendənt/
/trænˈsendənt/
(formal)- going beyond the usual limits; extremely great
- a writer of transcendent genius
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTranscendent is used with these nouns:- truth
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin transcendent- ‘climbing over’, from the verb transcendere, from trans- ‘across’ + scandere ‘climb’.Definitions on the go
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