单词 | legerdemainist |
释义 | legerdemainistn. A person who performs conjuring tricks; a magician, a conjuror. Also in extended use: a person who engages in subtle deception or manipulation. Cf. legerdemain n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > juggler or conjurer jugglera1100 tregetour1340 hey-passa1593 prestigiator1595 baffler1606 feat-worker1617 hocus-pocus1624 hocus1647 chirosophist1652 fascinator1677 legerdemain1696 prestidigitator1712 conjurer1727 sleight-of-hand man1757 nimble-fingers1781 sleight-of-hand professor1801 legerdemainist1830 magician1834 illusionist1850 jongleura1851 wizard1859 deceptionist1883 mentalist1906 1830 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 19 June 415/1 Soon after a Legerdemainist occupied my attention with his exploits. 1891 Critic (N.Y.) 31 Jan. 57/2 The handkerchief tricks of the legerdemainist. 1962 G. Dorsey Christopher of San Francisco xii. 93 The next day he dubbed the mayor ‘a political legerdemainist..whose bag of tricks is about to crumble over his foolish head’. 1995 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Day & Night) 2 [The Californian magician is] acknowledged as one of the funniest legerdemainists in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830 |
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