单词 | paragnost |
释义 | > as lemmasparagnost paragnost n. Brit. /ˈparəɡnɒst/ , U.S. /ˈpɛrəɡˌnɑst/ a person credited with paranormal powers of obtaining knowledge.ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > clairvoyance > clairvoyant seer1583 second seer1826 clairvoyant1851 medium1851 second-sighter1897 paragnost1964 1964 J. H. Pollack Croiset (1965) i. 14 His mentor, Professor W. H. C. Tenhaeff, calls him a ‘paragnost’, a word which he coined in 1932. 1985 P. Kurtz Skeptic's Handbk. Parapsychol. 639 Perhaps the most amusing psychic failure on record involves the well-known Dutch paragnost Cor Heilijgers. < as lemmas |
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