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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CATAPHYSICAL

Cat `a *phys "ic *al, a. Etym: [Pref. cata + physical. ]

 

Defn: Unnatural; contrary to nature. [R.] Some artists... have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey.