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CLAIRAUDIENCE

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clair⋅au⋅di⋅ence

[klair-aw-dee-uhns]
–noun
the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.

Origin:
1860–65; clair(voyance) + audience (in sense “hearing”)


clair⋅au⋅di⋅ent, noun, adjective
clair⋅au⋅di⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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clair·au·di·ence   (klâr-ô'dē-əns)   
n.  The supposed power to hear things outside the range of normal perception.

[clair(voyance) + audience.]
clair·au'di·ent adj. & n.
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Main Entry: clair·au·di·ence
Pronunciation: kla(&)r-'od-E-&n(t)s, kle(&)r-, -'äd-
Function: noun
: the power or facultyof hearing something not present to the ear but regarded as having objective reality —clair·au·di·ent /-&nt/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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