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 Word Forms

• clairaudiently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of clairaudient¹

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