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second sight
noun
- the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
second sight
noun
- the alleged ability to foresee the future, see actions taking place elsewhere, etc; clairvoyance
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ±ð³¦´Ç²Ô»å-ˈ²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù±ð»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ²õ±ð³¦´Ç²Ô»å-ˈ²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ²õ±ð³¦î€ƒo²Ô»å·²õ¾±²µ³ó³ÙĻå adjective
- ²õ±ð³¦î€ƒo²Ô»å·²õ¾±²µ³ó³ÙĻå·ness noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of second sight1
Idioms and Phrases
Clairvoyance, as in Jane must have second sight; she knew exactly where Dad had mislaid his keys . This expression, alluding to the supposed power of someone to perceive an event in the future or distance as though actually present, dates from the early 1600s.Example Sentences
Dessers volleyed over Abdallah Sima's cross with his first chance of the game, but the Nigeria international made no mistake with his second sight of goal.
In “The OA,†a fable-like iteration of the resurrection theme, the heroine has perished many times over, blind in one incarnation but gifted in another with an extraordinary second sight.
There are the blind seers, whose loss of vision affords them a spiritual second sight, like Tiresias from Greek mythology and Neo from the “Matrix†series.
Boyle went on to carry out extensive research into the phenomenon of second sight, which one might describe as the beginnings of parapsychology.
This Agnes is bestowed with not only second sight, but certain modern attitudes and an independence of thought that feel anachronistic.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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