synesthesiac

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noun

Someone with synesthesia.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounsynesthesiac (plural synesthesiacs)

plural synesthesiacs

  1. Someone with synesthesia.

    The students he was hanging out with back then are all millionaire microchip engineers now, but even among them, he was a natural. One of those synesthesiacs who can see math. The PhDs did not love him hovering around.

    2014, Lee Henderson, The Road Narrows as You Go, Toronto, Ont.: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 43
adjectivesynesthesiac (comparative more synesthesiac, superlative most synesthesiac)

comparative more synesthesiac · superlative most synesthesiac

  1. Of or relating to synesthesia.

    "If I had my way, the whole world would look like a carnival," writes Gordon, who has a synesthesiac "thing about color," and this book is certainly pinwheels, sideshows and waxy litter scattered on the ground. Very entertaining; a little dizzying.

    2024 July 28, Alexandra Jacobs, “Book Review: 'Seeing Through,' by Ricky Ian Gordon”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2024

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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