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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Superterranean, adj. (n.). [19th c. Eng. superterranean, L. super- and -terra.] a. adj. That lives above, or on the surface of, the earth. b. absol. as noun. One who lives above ground, a human being (once, as opposed to a subterranean being.) — 1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1933) 69.
Some men of that exalted sight … have seen at these meittings a doubleman, or the shape of some man in two places; that is, a superterranean and a subterranean inhabitant 1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1964) 230.
If anie superterraneans be soe subtile as to practise sleights for prouving a privacy to any of their [sc. the fairies'] misteries … they … bereave them of both the naturall and acquired sights 1691 Kirk Secr. Commonw. (1964) 394.
For what is said … of the conjunction of their females … with superterraneans, and their merlin-like monstruous … or gyantly productions thereupon