clairaudient

American  

[klair-aw-dee-uhnt] / klɛərˈɔ di ənt /

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.

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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

Etymology

Origin of clairaudient

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

Example Sentences

Some regional favorites may sound familiar — Theresa Caputo, the Long Island medium; or Chip Coffey, the “clairvoyant, clairaudient and clairsentient” psychic.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2019

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

From Sight Unseen by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Before the observable works were commenced, she was clairvoyant and clairaudient, and her aid in the amazing feats which transpired was solicited in advance by a nocturnal visitant needing no opened door for entrance.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen

Dr. Schlesinger calls his gift clairaudient mediumship, and says his right ear is deaf to all terrestrial sounds, but quickened, as with a sixth sense, for communications from the other world.

From Do the Dead Return? A True Story of Startling Seances in San Francisco by Anonymous

He had always been slightly clairvoyant and clairaudient.

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various