mediumisticadj.
/ˌmiːdɪəˈmɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌmidiəˈmɪstɪk/ Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a spiritual medium.
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1860 T. L. Harris Mod. Spiritualism 7 The Lord Christ was but a natural man, possessed of the ordinary mediumistic faculty of spiritual clairvoyance.
1876 G. Saintsbury in Academy 16 Dec. 582 Maud is a pretty girl, of supposed ‘mediumistic’ powers.
1896 H. R. Haweis Dead Pulpit vi. 117 He is for the time, in fact, highly sensitized and mediumistic.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl xv. 344 The terror, the agony, the nostalgia of the heathen past was a constant torture to her mediumistic soul.
1941 L. A. G. Strong John McCormack xiv. 217 That almost mediumistic quality which enabled the singer to surrender to the song and yet keep his own individuality.
1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 45/2 People interested in the occult flocked to see the faces for themselves, often trying to contact the ‘spirit artist’ through mediumistic trances.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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