Etymology

clairsentience

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Today it means: The psychic ability for a person to acquire knowledge by means of feeling. Full definition →

French clair
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The story

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

From late 17th century French clair (“clear”) + sentience (“feeling”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchclair all →

clairaudienceclairaudientclairgustance

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.