Psychics

[sahy-kik]

psy·chic

[sahy-kik]
adjective Also, psy·chi·cal.
1.
of or pertaining to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
2.
Psychology. pertaining to or noting mental phenomena.
3.
outside of natural or scientific knowledge; spiritual.
4.
of or pertaining to some apparently nonphysical force or agency: psychic research; psychic phenomena.
5.
sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature.
noun
6.
a person who is allegedly sensitive to psychic influences or forces; medium.

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Psychics is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1855–60; < Greek psȳchikós of the soul. See Psyche, -ic

psy·chi·cal·ly, adverb
in·ter·psy·chic, adjective
non·psy·chic, adjective, noun
non·psy·chi·cal, adjective
non·psy·chi·cal·ly, adverb
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un·psy·chic, adjective
un·psy·chi·cal·ly, adverb
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