Etymology

clairgustance

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Today it means: The paranormal ability to taste a substance without putting anything in one's mouth. It is claimed that those who possess this ability are able to perceive the essence of a substance from the spiritual or ethereal realms through taste. Full definition →

French clair
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The story

  1. French · derived fromclair“clear”
  2. English todayclairgustance

Presumably from 17th-century French clair (“clear”) + Latin gustāre + -ance.

Words from the same roots

Frenchclair all →

clairaudienceclairaudientclairsentience

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