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発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsˌpɝ/

名詞

esper (複数形 espers)

1. A person who practices the development of psychic ability.
2. (chiefly science fiction) A person who has extrasensory perception.
   • 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—

下位語

• (person having extrasensory perception): telepath

アナグラム

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