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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : klair-voi-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : klɛərˈvɔɪ ənt

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Définition of clairvoyant

Origin :
  • "having psychic gifts," 1837, earlier "having insight" (1670s), from special use of French clairvoyant "clear-sighted, discerning, judicious" (13c.), from clair (see clear (adj.)) + voyant "seeing," present participle of voir, from Latin videre "to see" (see vision).
  • adj intuitive, psychic
  • noun person who is psychic
Example sentences :
  • You're a kind of a mixture of a clairvoyant and a Sherlock Holmes, you are.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • We know that in his case Love's clairvoyant instinct had got its nightcap on.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • I am a clairvoyant and trance-medium, with materialization as a specialty.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis
  • Neither spoke for a moment or two; then he said, quietly: "I did not know you were clairvoyant."
  • Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
  • As a critic, too, though illuminating and reassuring, he is far from clairvoyant.
  • Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys
  • But among those who are gifted in the direction spoken of, all are not clairvoyant.
  • Extract from : « Second Sight » by Sepharial
  • Was it a clairvoyant reading of the letter that was en route during the night?
  • Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting
  • I have often tried to determine whether they are blind, weak or clairvoyant.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 3 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • That was good stuff about the clairvoyant in the 'Clarion' this morning.
  • Extract from : « The Rest Hollow Mystery » by Rebecca N. Porter
  • "Connie Maitland was very anxious for me to go to a clairvoyant," Amy put in.
  • Extract from : « Lady Lilith » by Stephen McKenna
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