telepath
/tˌɛləpˈæθ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. Telepaths also have the ability to project thought.
verb
To communicate by thought; to use telepathy.
Example Sentences
- "Jan. 3rd, 1984.—I was in the front sitting-room and dare not go out of the room for the cold; my plants were awfully dry, and hearing E. [her niece] in the kitchen, I telepathed to her to bring me in some water. She at once came with a jug full and asked if I would water the plants."
- "He does not attribute one single experience to what we might term a "ghost" for lack of a better term. Witches, poltergeists, goblins, gremlins, fairies, dwarfs—all of them are real, physical, alive, being either the real thing or the teleported or telepathed image of the real thing."
- "Thanos: "Did you not suspect I could tell you had been telepathing?""
- "In your mind you have capacities you know / To telepath messages through the vast unknown"
Etymology
From telepathy.