单词 | thaumaturgic |
释义 | thaumaturgicadj.n. A. adj. 1. That works, or has the power of working, miracles or marvels; wonder-working. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > relating to working wonders or miracles > that works wonders or miracles wonder-working1594 miraculous1596 miracle-working1605 mirificent1664 thaumaturgic1680 mirific1693 miraculific1772 miracle-breeding1814 thaumaturgical1841 1680 Dialogue between Pope & Phanatick 11 The Thaumatergick word of Protestant Religion have done our Cause such eminent service. 1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) I. 356 The thaumaturgic and inspired prophet Moses. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iv. 43/1 The grand thaumaturgic art of Thought! a1894 W. Pater Gaston de Latour (1896) iii. 65 The witchery, the thaumaturgic powers, of Virgil, or..of Shakespeare. 2. Of, pertaining to, or involving thaumaturgy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > relating to working wonders or miracles thaumaturgical1632 thaumaturgic1825 1825 T. Carlyle Life Schiller (1873) ii. 73 Various thaumaturgic feats. 1894 R. L. Stevenson Let. to Miss A. Boodle 14 July Never expect..thaumaturgic conversions. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > art of constructing marvellous devices thaumaturgic1570 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. Aj Thaumaturgike, is that Art Mathematicall, which giueth certaine order to make straunge workes,..of men greatly to be wondred at. b. plural thaumaˈturgics n. [see -ic suffix 2] feats of magic, conjuring tricks. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > working wonders or miracles miracles doingc1425 miracle-making1677 thaumaturgics1721 thaumaturgy1727 wonder-mongering1886 thaumaturgism1889 wonder-working1900 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > a trick colea1307 playa1475 conveyance1534 legerdemain?1544 prank1555 convoyance1578 sleight1596 pass1599 paviea1605 trick1609 sleight of handa1626 hocus-pocus1647 juggle1664 hocus-trickc1680 passe-passe1687 jugglementa1708 thaumaturgics1721 necromantics1745 conjuration1820 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Thaumaturgicks, a Mathematical Science, giving Rules for making of strange Works; any Art that does, or seems to do Wonders. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 290 Mr. Moon, the very pearl of all conjurors,..with his ‘wonderful..exhibition of Thaumaturgics, Tachygraphy, mathematical operations, and magical deceptions’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1570 |
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