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

See Examples For:

clairaudient

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

Love of this kind is clairvoyant and clairaudient.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie

Her voice came to him continually ... preluded by strains of music ... he lived from day to day with her lovely speech, a clairaudient.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

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

From Possessed by Moffett, Cleveland

This book was written from what is called 'the plane of spiritual experience' of which we, being neither clairvoyant, clairaudient, nor clairsentient, know positively nothing.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various