psychic

Definitions


[ˈsʌɪkɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, especially involving telepathy or clairvoyance
(e.g: psychic powers)

- relating to the soul or mind
(e.g: he dulled his psychic pain with gin)

- denoting a bid that deliberately misrepresents the bidder's hand, in order to mislead the opponents


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from Latin psychicus ‘relating to the soul’, from Greek psukhikos (see psyche)


[ˈsʌɪkɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person considered or claiming to have psychic powers; a medium
(e.g: pier-end palmists and fake psychics)


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from Latin psychicus ‘relating to the soul’, from Greek psukhikos (see psyche)




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