sixth sensen.

Brit.

/ˌsɪk(s)θ ˈsɛns/, U.S.

/ˌsɪksθ ˈsɛns/

Etymology: < sixth adj. + sense n.

A supposed intuitive faculty by which a person or animal perceives facts and regulates action without the direct use of any of the five senses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [noun]

sense1555

light of nature1561

intuitiona1600

instinct1600

perception1701

persentiscency1712

sixth sense1761

Anschauung1820

intuitiveness1873

intuitivism1883

seerhood1884

third eye1921

radar1949

1687 W. D. tr. B. Le Bovier de Fontenelle Disc. Plurality of Worlds iii. 50 It has been thought that we want a sixth natural Sense, by which we might know many things more than we do.]

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. i. 75 There seems in some passages to want a sixth sense to do it rightly.

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xl. 176 It was surprising to see them [sc. the blind] move about the room,..as if they had possessed that sixth sense, which experimental naturalists..are said to have discovered in bats, when they have put out their eyes.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxiii. 122 People..doing exactly the same things for a great many years, acquire a sixth sense, or some unknown power of influencing each other.

1903 Science Siftings 31 Oct. 46/1 The ‘sixth sense’ by which blind persons perceive certain objects.

1926 Music & Lett. Apr. 98 That ‘sixth sense’..which enables them to divine intuitively the needs of their clients,..in a word, the sense of ‘showmanship’.

1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica 70 Henry was steering by that sixth sense which only comes into operation when the other five are asleep.

1932 New Yorker 9 Apr. 59/2 Long Practice in the making of itineraries, with a sixth sense that picks out fascinating ports.

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. iii. 199 There was something about living together and being very close that gave people a sort of sixth sense.

Derivatives

sixth-sense v. (transitive) to discover by means of a sixth sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > perceive by intuition [verb (transitive)]

envisage1851

intuit1858

intue1860

noumenalize1872

sixth-sense1958

1958 R. Godden Greengage Summer xvi. 199 Did she have some sixth-sense warning?

1967 Punch 25 Oct. 609/2 This, I sixth-sensed, could well be it.

sixth-sensed adj. possessing a sixth sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [adjective] > possessing intuition

vaticinant1647

intuitive1652

self-knowing1828

intuent1865

intuitional1877

sixth-sensed1976

1976 J. Crosby Nightfall xxx. 176 About Elf I am second-sighted, sixth-sensed, magicked.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sixth sense
释义	sixth sensen. Brit. /ˌsɪk(s)θ ˈsɛns/, U.S. /ˌsɪksθ ˈsɛns/ Etymology: < sixth adj. + sense n. A supposed intuitive faculty by which a person or animal perceives facts and regulates action without the direct use of any of the five senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [noun] sense1555 light of nature1561 intuitiona1600 instinct1600 perception1701 persentiscency1712 sixth sense1761 Anschauung1820 intuitiveness1873 intuitivism1883 seerhood1884 third eye1921 radar1949 1687 W. D. tr. B. Le Bovier de Fontenelle Disc. Plurality of Worlds iii. 50 It has been thought that we want a sixth natural Sense, by which we might know many things more than we do.] 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. i. 75 There seems in some passages to want a sixth sense to do it rightly. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xl. 176 It was surprising to see them [sc. the blind] move about the room,..as if they had possessed that sixth sense, which experimental naturalists..are said to have discovered in bats, when they have put out their eyes. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxiii. 122 People..doing exactly the same things for a great many years, acquire a sixth sense, or some unknown power of influencing each other. 1903 Science Siftings 31 Oct. 46/1 The ‘sixth sense’ by which blind persons perceive certain objects. 1926 Music & Lett. Apr. 98 That ‘sixth sense’..which enables them to divine intuitively the needs of their clients,..in a word, the sense of ‘showmanship’. 1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica 70 Henry was steering by that sixth sense which only comes into operation when the other five are asleep. 1932 New Yorker 9 Apr. 59/2 Long Practice in the making of itineraries, with a sixth sense that picks out fascinating ports. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. iii. 199 There was something about living together and being very close that gave people a sort of sixth sense. Derivatives sixth-sense v. (transitive) to discover by means of a sixth sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > perceive by intuition [verb (transitive)] envisage1851 intuit1858 intue1860 noumenalize1872 sixth-sense1958 1958 R. Godden Greengage Summer xvi. 199 Did she have some sixth-sense warning? 1967 Punch 25 Oct. 609/2 This, I sixth-sensed, could well be it. sixth-sensed adj. possessing a sixth sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [adjective] > possessing intuition vaticinant1647 intuitive1652 self-knowing1828 intuent1865 intuitional1877 sixth-sensed1976 1976 J. Crosby Nightfall xxx. 176 About Elf I am second-sighted, sixth-sensed, magicked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1761
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