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clairvoyant

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clair·voy·ant  (klâr-voint)
adj.
1. Of or relating to clairvoyance.
2. Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.
n.
A person, such as a medium, possessing the supposed power of clairvoyance.

[French : clair, clear (from Latin clrus; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots) + voyant, present participle of voir, to see (from Latin vidre; see weid- in Indo-European roots).]

clairvoyant
Noun
a person claiming to have the power to foretell future events
Adjective
of or possessing clairvoyance
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clairvoyantclairvoyant - someone who has the power of clairvoyance
psychic - a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
Adj.1.clairvoyant - perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
extrasensory, paranormal - seemingly outside normal sensory channels
2.clairvoyant - foreseeing the future
prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

clairvoyant
Translations
Spanish clairvoyant [klɛəˈvɔɪənt] nclarividente m/f
French clairvoyant [klɛəˈvɔɪənt] nvoyant(e)extra-lucide m/f
German clairvoyant [klɛəˈvɔɪənt] nHellseher(in) m(f)
Italian clairvoyant [klɛəˈvɔɪənt] nchiaroveggente m/f

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6; and a whole wonderful underworld of lace and linen and silk stockings, the counterpart of which wonders, my clairvoyant fancy laughed to think, were at the moment--so entirely unsuspected of their original owner--my delicious possessions.
Franklin, "the Indians took it for granted that we should keep the Diamond here; and they brought their clairvoyant boy to show them the way to it, if they succeeded in getting into the house last night.
I remember well the look and the smile with which she one day said, after a mistake of this kind on my part: "I used to think you were a clairvoyant, and that was the reason why you were so bitter against other clairvoyants, wanting to keep your monopoly; but I see now you have become rather duller than the rest of the world.
 
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