clairaudient

[ klair-aw-dee-uhnt ]

adjective

1. having or claiming to have the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead:

   I wonder if you might know of a clairaudient medium who would be willing to contact their spirit friends on my behalf.

2. relating to, or heard or received by, such a power:

   It was only for this one business deal that the clairaudient voice came to me, advising me.

noun

1. a clairaudient person:

   One clairaudient, when her mother fell ill, heard the words "Wednesday the 15th”—which turned out to be the date of her mother’s passing.

Other Words From

• clair·au·di·ent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of clairaudient¹

First recorded in 1850–55; clairaudi(ence) ( def ) + -ent ( def )

Example Sentences

He had visions of scenes that he was impelled to paint and he suffered from clairaudient hallucinations.

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This is not correct, it all depends if one is clairvoyant or clairaudient.

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You will be entertaining your sitter by twitching and jerking and making clairvoyant and clairaudient guesses for him.

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I wandered, I recall, into the realm of the clairvoyant and the clairaudient.

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In this way the "medium" became clairvoyant, clairaudient, telekinetic.

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