wizardryn.
/ˈwɪzədri/, U.S. /ˈwɪzərdri/ 1.
a. The art or practice of a wizard or wizards; wizardly or magic skill; witchery, witchcraft.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun]
wielingeOE
wielOE
craftOE
witchcraftOE
witchdomOE
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demerlaykc1275
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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
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cix. 671/1 If these [inchanters or witches] be forbidden; we must vnderstand..yt all other kinds of Wisardrie are deadly crimes.
1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim vii. 23 I never used any other Wizzard [r] y to make my Land better than my neighbours, but what you will find to lye in these Spades, Ploughs, and Oxen.
1796 Monthly Rev. 20 App. 535 The Arabic wizardry of the Italian, the elfen mythology of the German poet, seemed to offer rival resources for a supernatural machinery.
1855 R. Browning Epist. in Men & Women I. 103 The learned leech Perished in a tumult many years ago, Accused..of wizardry.
1861 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (rev. ed.) iii. 239 All the witcheries and wizardries that found home in the imaginations of the people.
1877 J. A. Symonds Renaissance in Italy vi. 343 As a physiognomist and diviner, he acquired a reputation bordering on wizardry.
b. transferred. Magic lore.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > lore
wizardry1876
1876 E. Dowden Poems 196 There I will sit, and score rare wisardry In characters vermilion, azure, gold.
2. figurative. ‘Magical’ or ‘bewitching’ art, power, or influence; ‘magic’. Also more loosely, skill, expertise, or the result of this.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > influence or power of
bewitching1535
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feyness1873
wizardry1884
magicality1924
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > expertise or proficiency
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expertism1886
wizardry1951
1884 J. Parker Apostolic Life II. 265 Time..works its wondrous wizardry upon the mind.
1887 Academy 20 Aug. 113/3 So fascinating a writer is Mr. Matthew Arnold, so all conquering is his own wizardry.
1901 ‘L. Malet’ Hist. Richard Calmady v. ii You have employed a certain wizardry in the furnishing of that room.
1951 Sport 27 Jan. 3/3 Rounding off the wing wizardry of Finney and Morrison are inside men Horton, Wayman and Bobby Beattie.
1974 W. J. Burley Death in Stanley St. viii. 142 Bits of electrical wizardry which must have come from a record player or a television set.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Comic Suppl.) Peter Parker uses his scientific wizardry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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