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单词 prestigiatory
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prestigiatoryadj.

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– prestigiatory, 1600s prestigiatorie.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praestigiatorius.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin praestigiatorius (12th cent. in a British source; 1533 in Erasmus in ars praestigiatoria prestigiatory art) < praestigiat- , past participial stem of praestigiare prestigiate v. + classical Latin -ōrius -ory suffix2. Compare slightly later prestigiator n.
Obsolete.
Of, relating to, or involving prestigiation; conjuring; deceptive, delusive.
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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).
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