clairvoyant meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

clairvoyant

adj

UK /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/ · US /ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/

Etymology From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.

Then there is the very large class of casual clairvoyant visions which have no traceable cause — which are apparently quite meaningless, and have no recognizable relation to any events known to the seer.1899, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Clairvoyance^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Clairvoyance_(Leadbeater)/Chapter_6):

Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.

Able to foresee the future.

Having great insight; sagacious.

…his vision of the future so far-reaching and clairvoyant as that of many who have lived before him and since…1895, John Ames Mitchell (ed.), Aristopi^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Aristopia_(1895).pdf/8):

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

Derived terms: clairvoyantly, nonclairvoyant, semiclairvoyant
Related terms: clairvoyance, clairvoyancy, clairvoyee, visionary

clairvoyant

noun

Etymology From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses

A person able to foresee the future

Synonyms: medium, mystic, seer, fortune teller
Derived terms: clairvoyante