second sight
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second sight
noun
the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
Origin:
1610–20
1610–20
Related forms
sec·ond·sight·ed, adjective
sec·ond·sight·ed·ness, noun
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| second sight | |
| —n | |
| the alleged ability to foresee the future, see actions taking place elsewhere, etc; clairvoyance | |
| 'second-'sighted | |
| —adj | |
| 'second-'sightedness | |
| —n | |
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Second sight
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| 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. |
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
second sight
Clairvoyance, as in Jane must have second sight; she knew exactly where Dad had mislaid his keys. This expression, alluding to the supposed power of someone to perceive an event in the future or distance as though actually present, dates from the early 1600s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
But his second sight proves to be more a horror than a blessing when it brings him face to face with an ambitious politician.
She has second sight and has been trained to use the power of spices to help others.
His second sight proves to be more of a horror than a blessing, since it brings him face to face with an ambitious politician.
The second sight distance is the lateral visibility across the quadrants.
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