legerdemain

[ lej-er-duh-meyn ]

/ ˌlɛdʒ ər dəˈmeɪn /

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noun

sleight of hand.

trickery; deception.

any artful trick.

Origin of legerdemain

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English legerdemeyn, lygarde de mayne “skill in conjuring, sleight of hand,” from Middle French léger de main “nimble, skillful,” literally “light of hand” (unrecorded)

OTHER WORDS FROM legerdemain

leg·er·de·main·ist, noun

Words nearby legerdemain

legendize, Legendre, Legendre equation, legendry, leger, legerdemain, legerity, leger line, leges, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, legged

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Example sentences from the Web for legerdemain

By the power of his address and wit he invested the most insignificant feats of legerdemain with a peculiar charm.
Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions Including Trick Photography|Albert A. Hopkins
This was a sort of sleight of hand, in the use of words; and was noticed, at the time, as "legerdemain."
Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather|Charles W. Upham
Priests, however, tolerate no rivals, and permit no legerdemain but their own.
Gerald Fitzgerald|Charles James Lever
The medium had been warned by friends that Wilmann was an expert professor of legerdemain.
Hours with the Ghosts or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft|Henry Ridgely Evans

That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
Frank Merriwell's Backers|Burt L. Standish

British Dictionary definitions for legerdemain

legerdemain

/ (ˌlɛdʒədəˈmeɪn) /

noun

another name for sleight of hand

cunning deception or trickery

Derived forms of legerdemain

legerdemainist, noun

Word Origin for legerdemain

C15: from Old French: light of hand

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	legerdemain
释义	legerdemain [ lej-er-duh-meyn ] / ˌlɛdʒ ər dəˈmeɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR legerdemain ON THESAURUS.COM noun sleight of hand. trickery; deception. any artful trick. Origin of legerdemain First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English legerdemeyn, lygarde de mayne “skill in conjuring, sleight of hand,” from Middle French léger de main “nimble, skillful,” literally “light of hand” (unrecorded) OTHER WORDS FROM legerdemain leg·er·de·main·ist, noun Words nearby legerdemain legendize, Legendre, Legendre equation, legendry, leger, legerdemain, legerity, leger line, leges, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, legged Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for legerdemain By the power of his address and wit he invested the most insignificant feats of legerdemain with a peculiar charm. Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions Including Trick Photography\|Albert A. Hopkins This was a sort of sleight of hand, in the use of words; and was noticed, at the time, as "legerdemain." Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather\|Charles W. Upham Priests, however, tolerate no rivals, and permit no legerdemain but their own. Gerald Fitzgerald\|Charles James Lever The medium had been warned by friends that Wilmann was an expert professor of legerdemain. Hours with the Ghosts or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft\|Henry Ridgely Evans That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain. Frank Merriwell's Backers\|Burt L. Standish British Dictionary definitions for legerdemain legerdemain / (ˌlɛdʒədəˈmeɪn) / noun another name for sleight of hand cunning deception or trickery Derived forms of legerdemain legerdemainist, noun Word Origin for legerdemain C15: from Old French: light of hand Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to legerdemain chicanery, deception, trickery, artfulness, craftiness, hocus-pocus, manipulation, deceit, cunning, conjuring
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legerdemain

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noun

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