prestidigitatorn.

Brit.

/ˌprɛstᵻˈdɪdʒᵻteɪtə/, U.S.

/ˌprɛstəˈdɪdʒəˌteɪdər/

Forms: 1700s– prestidigitator, 1800s– prestidigitateur Brit.

/ˌprɛstᵻˌdɪ(d)ʒᵻtəˈtəː/, U.S.

/ˌprɛstəˌdɪdʒədəˈtər/.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Italian, combined with a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French preste , Italian presto , Latin digitus , -ator suffix.

Etymology: < French preste nimble (second half of the 15th cent. in Middle French) or its etymon Italian presto presto adj. + classical Latin digitus finger (see digit n.) + -ator suffix, perhaps after prestigiator n. Compare French prestidigitateur (1823), Italian prestidigitatore (1835; < French).In form prestidigitateur after the French word.

A person who practises sleight of hand or legerdemain; a conjuror; a juggler. Also in extended use.

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

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner > who bamboozles

banterer1709

bamboozler1712

mystery-monger1772

mystifier1821

mystificator1823

mystifica1849

prestidigitator1870

1712 Ld. Shaftesbury Second Characters (1914) IV. 113 The passion of those who run after monsters in fairies and the Θαυματοποιοί Prestidigitators.

a1843 in R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 603/1 De M. G. Ferizer, the celebrated enchanter..prestidigitateur, and author of several experiments adapted to public amusement.

1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. viii. 166–7 The learning of the conjuror—I beg pardon, prestidigitator... This word, as well as Prestidigitation, due to the same author, were soon seized upon by Jules de Rovère's rivals.

1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xvi. 201 Whether our young men should turn themselves into intellectual prestidigitateurs.

1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany I. 392 A prestidigitator can work magic with his nimble fingers.

1905 Contemp. Rev. June 877 The repeated successes of the prestidigitator who is at the head of its Government.

1926 Lancaster (Ohio) Daily Eagle 17 May 4/6 From under his coat, in the manner of a prestidigitator, he produced a pair of pink slippers with pretty silver buckles.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Oct. 4/1 He..spots with fine accuracy those moments when Nabokov is being..blinded for his own, admittedly consummate skill as a verbal prestidigitator.

2005 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Sept. g2 A counterfeit Chinese prestidigitator whose specialty was catching bullets in his teeth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prestidigitator
释义	prestidigitatorn. Brit. /ˌprɛstᵻˈdɪdʒᵻteɪtə/, U.S. /ˌprɛstəˈdɪdʒəˌteɪdər/ Forms: 1700s– prestidigitator, 1800s– prestidigitateur Brit. /ˌprɛstᵻˌdɪ(d)ʒᵻtəˈtəː/, U.S. /ˌprɛstəˌdɪdʒədəˈtər/. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Italian, combined with a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French preste , Italian presto , Latin digitus , -ator suffix. Etymology: < French preste nimble (second half of the 15th cent. in Middle French) or its etymon Italian presto presto adj. + classical Latin digitus finger (see digit n.) + -ator suffix, perhaps after prestigiator n. Compare French prestidigitateur (1823), Italian prestidigitatore (1835; < French).In form prestidigitateur after the French word. A person who practises sleight of hand or legerdemain; a conjuror; a juggler. Also in extended use. 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 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner > who bamboozles banterer1709 bamboozler1712 mystery-monger1772 mystifier1821 mystificator1823 mystifica1849 prestidigitator1870 1712 Ld. Shaftesbury Second Characters (1914) IV. 113 The passion of those who run after monsters in fairies and the Θαυματοποιοί Prestidigitators. a1843 in R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 603/1 De M. G. Ferizer, the celebrated enchanter..prestidigitateur, and author of several experiments adapted to public amusement. 1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. viii. 166–7 The learning of the conjuror—I beg pardon, prestidigitator... This word, as well as Prestidigitation, due to the same author, were soon seized upon by Jules de Rovère's rivals. 1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xvi. 201 Whether our young men should turn themselves into intellectual prestidigitateurs. 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany I. 392 A prestidigitator can work magic with his nimble fingers. 1905 Contemp. Rev. June 877 The repeated successes of the prestidigitator who is at the head of its Government. 1926 Lancaster (Ohio) Daily Eagle 17 May 4/6 From under his coat, in the manner of a prestidigitator, he produced a pair of pink slippers with pretty silver buckles. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Oct. 4/1 He..spots with fine accuracy those moments when Nabokov is being..blinded for his own, admittedly consummate skill as a verbal prestidigitator. 2005 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Sept. g2 A counterfeit Chinese prestidigitator whose specialty was catching bullets in his teeth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1712
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