esper
See also: Esper
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
ESP + -er from extrasensory perception.
NounEdit
esper (plural espers)
- A person who practices the development of psychic ability.
- (chiefly science fiction) A person supposed to have paranormal abilities.
- 1942 June 1, Smith, Edward Elmer, “Storm Cloud on Deka”, in Astonishing Stories, volume 3, number 4:
- I don't know why anybody would be spying on me, either, but—I'm neither a Lensman nor an esper, but I'd swear that somebody's peeking over my shoulder half the time.
- 1950 August 1, Bester, Alfred, “The Devil's Invention”, in Astounding Science Fiction[1], volume 45, number 6, page 139:
- But Espers can’t pick up any EK brain pattern farther than the horizon. It’s direct wave transmission. Even large objects cannot be penetrated. A building, say, or a—
HyponymsEdit
- (person with paranormal abilities): telekinetic, telepath
TranslationsEdit
person
AnagramsEdit
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably a deverbal of esperar.
NounEdit
esper m (oblique plural espers, nominative singular espers, nominative plural esper)
ReferencesEdit
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002), “spērāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 120, page 165