English Dictionary

Fortean

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɔː.tɪ.ən/

名詞

A follower or admirer of Charles Fort. / One who investigates anomalous phenomena.

日本語の意味

チャールズ・フォートを支持し、彼の研究や考えに賛同する者 / 異常現象を調査する者

A Fortean kept a battered file of eyewitness accounts about falling frogs and mysterious lights.

チャールズ・フォートの支持者は、カエルの落下や謎の光に関する目撃者の証言をまとめた古びたファイルを保管していた。

意味（1）

A follower or admirer of Charles Fort.

Stories about alligators in the sewers have been of particular interest, however, to Forteans (followers of Charles Fort). Forteans contend that many happenings derided by the official science of the Western world (falls of frogs from clear skies, the appearance of lake monsters, mystery beasts and so on) are genuine occurrences.

意味（2）

One who investigates anomalous phenomena.

Not long afterwards, Fortean writer Paul Harris contacted me concerning this putative sea serpent, kindly supplying me with a couple of newspaper cuttings […] that contained photos of its remains, plus various additional details that he had gathered during his own investigation of this case.

Forteans （ plural ）