dark artn.

Brit.

/ˌdɑːk ˈɑːt/, U.S.

/ˌdɑrk ˈɑrt/

Forms: see dark adj. and art n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dark adj., art n.¹

Etymology: < dark adj. + art n.¹

Frequently in plural.

1. Sorcery; a practice regarded as malevolent or evil, esp. being concerned with the occult or supernatural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun]

wielingeOE

wielOE

craftOE

witchcraftOE

witchdomOE

telingc1230

demerlaykc1275

dweomercraeftc1275

sorcerya1300

magicc1387

maleficec1390

jugglerya1400

precination1503

witchery1546

maleficiousness1547

prestigiation?c1550

wizardry1583

magie1592

dark art1613

prestigion1635

conjurement1645

magomancy1652

wizardism1682

thaumaturgy1727

warlockry1818

witchwork1827

brujería1838

wizardship1882

trolldom1891

mojo1923

pixie dust1951

witchering1956

old religion1964

1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age sig. G^v Oh thou night, Mother of darke Arts hide mee in thy vaile, Whilst I those banks search, and these mountaines skale.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xvii. 119 A cunning contexture of dark arts and subterfuges.

1800 Morning Chron. 2 Apr. I was informed that Lord Liverpool had lately taken a strange fancy to talismans, books in the dark art, legerdemain sleights, and workers in the transmutation of metals.

1881 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 May 815/1 The experiment which made most impression..at the Bedford Square séance was that of which Professor Ray Lankester was the subject. Professor Lankester is known to have no leaning towards the dark arts.

2005 P. James Dead Simple 47 You took this shoe to a so called medium... So you regularly turn to the dark arts in your work as a police officer?

2. In extended use: something likened to sorcery or black magic, especially a technique, discipline, practice, etc., considered as mysterious, sinister, or duplicitous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > secret doctrine or art

cabbalisma1592

black art1610

cabalie1652

Cabbala1665

esoterics1711

dark art1748

esotery1763

masonry1841

esotericac1929

1748 Mem. Life & Times Sir T. Deveil 35 Some of them were retainers to the law, who understood all the dark arts that qualified Newgate solicitors.

1833 Aberdeen Jrnl. 3 July Physicians should in future be obliged to write their prescriptions in English. To this reform in the practice of the Dark Art, as medicine may fairly be called, the profession is opposed.

1946 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 16 Sept. 2/3 Knitting to me is one of the dark arts.

2018 Nat. Rev. 30 Apr. 30/2 All those who have come after him have had to dabble, to one degree or another, in the dark arts of political hackery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	dark art
释义	dark artn. Brit. /ˌdɑːk ˈɑːt/, U.S. /ˌdɑrk ˈɑrt/ Forms: see dark adj. and art n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dark adj., art n.¹ Etymology: < dark adj. + art n.¹ Frequently in plural. 1. Sorcery; a practice regarded as malevolent or evil, esp. being concerned with the occult or supernatural. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] wielingeOE wielOE craftOE witchcraftOE witchdomOE telingc1230 demerlaykc1275 dweomercraeftc1275 sorcerya1300 magicc1387 maleficec1390 jugglerya1400 precination1503 witchery1546 maleficiousness1547 prestigiation?c1550 wizardry1583 magie1592 dark art1613 prestigion1635 conjurement1645 magomancy1652 wizardism1682 thaumaturgy1727 warlockry1818 witchwork1827 brujería1838 wizardship1882 trolldom1891 mojo1923 pixie dust1951 witchering1956 old religion1964 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age sig. G^v Oh thou night, Mother of darke Arts hide mee in thy vaile, Whilst I those banks search, and these mountaines skale. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xvii. 119 A cunning contexture of dark arts and subterfuges. 1800 Morning Chron. 2 Apr. I was informed that Lord Liverpool had lately taken a strange fancy to talismans, books in the dark art, legerdemain sleights, and workers in the transmutation of metals. 1881 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 May 815/1 The experiment which made most impression..at the Bedford Square séance was that of which Professor Ray Lankester was the subject. Professor Lankester is known to have no leaning towards the dark arts. 2005 P. James Dead Simple 47 You took this shoe to a so called medium... So you regularly turn to the dark arts in your work as a police officer? 2. In extended use: something likened to sorcery or black magic, especially a technique, discipline, practice, etc., considered as mysterious, sinister, or duplicitous. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > secret doctrine or art cabbalisma1592 black art1610 cabalie1652 Cabbala1665 esoterics1711 dark art1748 esotery1763 masonry1841 esotericac1929 1748 Mem. Life & Times Sir T. Deveil 35 Some of them were retainers to the law, who understood all the dark arts that qualified Newgate solicitors. 1833 Aberdeen Jrnl. 3 July Physicians should in future be obliged to write their prescriptions in English. To this reform in the practice of the Dark Art, as medicine may fairly be called, the profession is opposed. 1946 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 16 Sept. 2/3 Knitting to me is one of the dark arts. 2018 Nat. Rev. 30 Apr. 30/2 All those who have come after him have had to dabble, to one degree or another, in the dark arts of political hackery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1613
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