noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. uncountable

Etymology

Presumably from 17th-century French clair (“clear”) + gustance

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