wizardry

English

Etymology

From wizard +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪzɚdɹi/

• Audio (Northwestern US):

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Noun

wizardry (countable and uncountable, plural wizardries)

1. The art of a wizard; sorcery.
2. Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic.
   • 2001 April 25, David H. Crehore, “Re: OT?:pipe musings on the drive home”, in alt.smokers.pipes‎ (Usenet):

     Filled up the Ashton with Capstan and had a totally British drive home. Thanks to the wizardry of Ashton and Imperial Tobacco, that first smoke in a new pipe was sweet as a nut.

3. Great ability in some specified field.

   He used his computing wizardry to automate the search-and-replace process.

Translations

art of a wizard; sorcery

Afrikaans: toorkuns, toordery Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: سحر (siḥr) Czech: čarodějnictví, kouzelnictví n Esperanto: sorĉado Finnish: noitataito, taikuus (fi) German: Zauberei (de) f Hungarian: varázslás (hu) Ingrian: noijitus, noijitos Japanese: 魔法 (ja) (mahō), 魔術 (ja) (majutsu), 呪術 (ja) (jujutsu) (black magic) Latin: fascinatio (la) f, fascinum n Latvian: burvestība (lv) f Norwegian: trylldom m Polish: czarnoksięstwo (pl) n Portuguese: feitiçaria (pt) f, bruxaria (pt) f, magia (pt) f

something that gives the appearance of magic

Finnish: taikuus (fi) Latin: fascinatio (la), fascinum n Latvian: burvestība (lv) f Portuguese: magia (pt) f

great ability

Finnish: taituruus (fi), taikuus (fi), noituus (fi) Hungarian: boszorkányság (hu) Japanese: 有能 (ja) (yūnō), 才能 (ja) (sainō)

See also

• hexcraft
• sorcery
• spellcasting
• spellcraft
• thaumaturgy
• warlockry
• witchcraft
• wizardcraft