单词 | prestidigitatory |
释义 | prestidigitatoryadj. Of or relating to prestidigitation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [adjective] juggling?1531 sleight1533 prestigious?1534 juggled1536 conjuring1552 legerdemain1576 prestigiatory1588 hocus-pocus1668 presto1826 prestidigital1856 prestidigitatory1860 prestidigitatorial1861 presto changeo1923 1860 All Year Round 7 July 312 Prestidigitatory elements of entertainment were not wanting. 1931 New Phytologist 30 142 What could exceed in pathos the efforts of the prestidigitatory artist distracted by the harsh remarks of a hypercritical world? 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Apr. 421/1 Around them jostle a number of lesser themes, thrown up into the air and kept aloft with Mr Stewart's accustomed prestidigitatory skill. 1995 Times (Nexis) 16 Mar. Father enjoys a break from too much domestic control, son practises a little prestidigitatory shoplifting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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