#252 clairvoyance

clairvoyance- the alleged power of perceiving things beyong the natural range of the senses; keen intuitive understanding

C19 French from Latin clarus+voyance, from voir to see

Clairvoyance involves sagacity; penetration; quick intuitive knowledge of things.

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