clairalienceEtymologyFrom late 17th century French clair (“clear”) + *alience (“smelling”), from Latin clairolfaction.clairalience means the ability to acquire psychic knowledge by means of smelling. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounthe ability to acquire psychic knowledge by means of smelling.“An episode of clairalience occurred for me during an animal communication with a dog that had chronic eosinophilic pneumonopathy, a lung disease that was causing congestion and thick nasal discharge. I received a distinctly rank odor associated with the nests of pack rats that the client had found under the bathtub and pantry in her old home.”