单词 | prestigiatory |
释义 | † prestigiatoryadj. Obsolete. Of, relating to, or involving prestigiation; conjuring; deceptive, delusive. 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 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adjective] lyinga1225 deceptoryc1430 mockinga1529 sleight1533 prestigious?1534 illudinga1547 fallible1552 delusory1588 prestigiatory1588 illusory1599 delusive1607 deceptiousa1616 deludinga1616 flatteringa1616 delusorious1625 fallacious1626 ludificatorya1677 illusive1679 will-o'-the-wisp1682 prestigiating1716 shama1721 false1768 deceptitious1827 deceptional1830 phantasm1834 will-o'-the-wispish1842 will-o'-the-wispy1857 illusionistic1911 illusional1942 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 66 Hypocriticall subornations, in some like prestigiatory, and sophisticall veine. 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar ii. iii. sig. D3v The Art Prestigiatorie, That represents one figure for another, With smooth deceit abusing th'eyes of mortals. a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 204 By that κλεψωκια, or Prestigiatory art or faculty of these ludicrous Dæmons. 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Aug. 222/2 How learned the chief-justice was in ‘weapon salve and other magnetic cures,’ and with what lucidity he talked of ‘marvelous magical sympathies and the prestigiatory art of demons’. 1885 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Gaz. 28 Oct. 1/5 Prof. Anderson in the realm of ledgerdemain was never more successful and varied than is Prof. Weaver in his grand prestigiatory role of chief performer, in the show now exhibiting throughout Iowa. 1901 J. Fitzgerald Word & Phrase 249 The Latin word for juggler was praestigiator; and the woman juggler was praestigiatrix; the verb was praestigior; and the art was praestigiatio: a complete outfit of terms well known to writers of English in the forms Prestige, Prestigiate (v.), Prestigiation, Prestigiator, Prestigiatory, Prestigious (Cotton Mather). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1588 |
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