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clairaudience|klɛərˈɔːdɪəns|
[f. F. clair clear + audience, after clairvoyance.]
The faculty of mentally perceiving sounds beyond the range of hearing, alleged to be induced under certain mesmeric conditions. So clairaudient a., having this faculty; pertaining to or of the nature of clairaudience; n. one who has this faculty. claiˈraudiently adv., in a clairaudient manner.
1864Brevior Two Worlds 142 Trances, Visions, Clairvoyance, Clairaudience. Ibid. 197 A spiritual clairaudient. 1866Sat. Rev. 20 Jan. 76/2 Her friends pronounced her to be ‘a fine clairvoyant and clairaudient subject’. 1909Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 4/1 ‘Julia's’ decisions are given in two ways—sometimes clairaudiently, and sometimes by automatic handwriting. 1926Conan Doyle Hist. Spiritualism I. i. 7 A clairaudient warning that he must be more careful in that respect. 1956R. M. Lester Towards Hereafter ii. 35 There came to him a voice clairaudiently. Ibid. v. 65 She was receiving an important clairaudient message. |