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clairvoyant

Pronunciation: /klɛːˈvɔɪənt/
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Definition of clairvoyant

noun

  • a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact: she has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well

adjective

  • having or exhibiting clairvoyance:he didn’t tell me about it and I’m not clairvoyant

Derivatives

clairvoyantly

adverb

Origin:

late 17th century (in the sense 'clear-sighted, perceptive'): from French, from clair 'clear' + voyant 'seeing' (from voir 'to see'). The current sense dates from the mid 19th century

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