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wizardry Definition


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wizard
noun
    1. Someone, especially a man, supposed to have magic powers; a magician or sorcerer.
      Thesaurus: sorcerer, warlock, magician, necromancer, enchanter, conjurer, occultist.
    2. dated, colloq
      Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular way.
      Thesaurus: expert, master, ace, genius, virtuoso, star, maestro, whiz (slang), hotshot (US slang); Antonym: duffer.
      Form: a wizard at something (often)
      Form: a wizard with something
adj
    1. Referring or relating to a wizard or magic.
    2. dated, colloq
      Marvellous.
Derivative: wizardry
noun
    Sorcery.
      Thesaurus: sorcery, witchcraft, magic, enchantment, occultism, necromancy, the black art, incantation, divination, voodoo.
Etymology: 15c as wisard, from wis wise.



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