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clairvoyant

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) clairvoyant (adjective)
  2. 2) clairvoyant (noun)

1clair·voy·ant

adj \-ənt\

Definition of CLAIRVOYANT

1
: having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception <claims to be clairvoyant>
2
: of or relating to clairvoyance <clairvoyant powers>
— clair·voy·ant·ly adverb
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Origin of CLAIRVOYANT

French, from clair clear (from Latin clarus) + voyant, present participle of voir to see, from Latin vidēre — more at wit
First Known Use: 1844

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

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