This week's theme: words related to forecasting and divination. clairvoyance (klar-VOI-uhns) noun
1. The power of seeing things removed in time or space. 2. Intuitive insight into things. [From French clairvoyance, from clair (clear) + voyant (seeing), present participle of voir (to see).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=clairvoyance -Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org) "South Africa's national lottery is claiming an unlikely victim: vultures. Local people -- convinced these birds' superb eyesight gives them the gift to see the future -- are eating vulture meat to acquire the power of clairvoyance." Robin McKie; Vulture Numbers Are Cut to the Bone; The Observer (London, UK); Jul 16, 2006. Sponsored by: Ever wonder why we aren't just happy, we're happy as a clam? Derivation, a fascinating game about word & phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 ............................................................................ I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. -Cesar Chavez, farm worker and activist (1927-1993) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/clairvoyance.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/clairvoyance.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/clairvoyance.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
