Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLAIRVOYANT

Clair *voy "ant, a. Etym: [F., fr. clair clear + voyant, p. pr. of voir to see. See Clear, and Vision. ]

 

Defn: Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

 

CLAIRVOYANT

CLAIRVOYANT Clair *voy "ant n.

 

Defn: One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

clairvoyant

clair voy ant |kle (ə )rˈvoiənt ˌklɛrˈvɔɪənt | ▶noun a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact. ▶adjective having or exhibiting such an ability: he didn't tell me about it and I'm not clairvoyant. DERIVATIVES clair voy ant ly adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘clear-sighted, perceptive ’): from French, from clair ‘clear ’ + voyant ‘seeing ’ (from voir ‘to see ’). The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

clairvoyant

clair |voy ¦ant |klɛːˈvɔɪənt | ▶noun a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact. ▶adjective having or exhibiting clairvoyance: he didn't tell me about it and I'm not clairvoyant. DERIVATIVES clairvoyantly adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘clear-sighted, perceptive ’): from French, from clair ‘clear ’ + voyant ‘seeing ’ (from voir ‘to see ’). The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

clairvoyant

clairvoyant noun a woman claiming to be a clairvoyant gave a description of the kidnappers: psychic, fortune teller, crystal-gazer; medium, spiritualist; telepath, mind-reader. ▶adjective he didn't tell me about it, and I'm not clairvoyant: psychic, telepathic, visionary, oracular; rare second-sighted.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

clairvoyant

clairvoyant noun a woman claiming to be a clairvoyant: psychic, fortune teller, forecaster of the future, crystal-gazer, prophet, seer, soothsayer, oracle; medium, spiritualist; telepathist, telepath, mind reader; palmist, palm-reader, chiromancer; rare chirosophist, spiritist, palmister. ▶adjective he didn't tell me about it and I'm not clairvoyant: psychic, with second sight, with a sixth sense, prophetic, visionary, oracular; telepathic, extrasensory; rare second-sighted.

 

French Dictionary

clairvoyant

clairvoyant , ante adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif Qui a un bon jugement, qui fait preuve de bon sens. SYNONYME fin ; intelligent ; lucide ; perspicace ; sage . nom masculin et féminin Personne qui pratique la clairvoyance. : Ma voisine croit lire l ’avenir dans une boule de cristal: est-elle une clairvoyante?

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

clairvoyant

clair voy ant /kleə r vɔ́ɪənt /形容詞 透視力のある, 千里眼の .名詞 C 千里眼の人, 透視者 .