The word for today is…
preternatural (adjective) -
1: existing outside of nature
2: exceeding what is natural or regular : extraordinary
3: inexplicable by ordinary means, especially : psychic
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : Preternatural comes from the Latin phrase praeter naturam, meaning "beyond nature." Medieval Latin scholars rendered this as praeternaturalis, and that form inspired the modern English word. Things beyond nature—i.e., very unusual things—can be alarming, and in its earliest documented uses in the late 1500s, preternatural was applied to strange, ominous, or abnormal phenomena, from works of God to signs of illness and disease. But by the 1800s things were looking up for preternatural, with the word describing remarkable abilities of exceptional humans, as it most often does today.
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