单词 | clairaudience |
释义 | clairaudiencen. The faculty of mentally perceiving sounds beyond the range of hearing, alleged to be induced under certain mesmeric conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > clairaudience clairaudience1864 1864 ‘T. Brevior’ Two Worlds 142 Trances, Visions, Clairvoyance, Clairaudience. Derivatives clairaudient adj. and n. (a) adj.having this faculty; pertaining to or of the nature of clairaudience; (b) n. one who has this faculty. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [adjective] > hearing or smelling at a distance clairaudient1864 telacoustic1893 telosmic1893 the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > clairaudience > one who practises clairaudient1864 1864 ‘T. Brevior’ Two Worlds 197 A spiritual clairaudient. 1866 Sat. Rev. 20 Jan. 76/2 Her friends pronounced her to be ‘a fine clairvoyant and clairaudient subject’. 1926 A. Conan Doyle Hist. Spiritualism I. i. 7 A clairaudient warning that he must be more careful in that respect. 1956 R. M. Lester Towards Hereafter v. 65 She was receiving an important clairaudient message. claiˈraudiently adv. in a clairaudient manner. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [adverb] > clairvoyantly or clairaudiently clairvoyantly1885 clairaudiently1909 1909 Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 4/1 ‘Julia's’ decisions are given in two ways—sometimes clairaudiently, and sometimes by automatic handwriting. 1956 R. M. Lester Towards Hereafter ii. 35 There came to him a voice clairaudiently. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1864 |
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