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单词 thaumaturgic
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thaumaturgicadj.n.

/θɔːməˈtəːdʒɪk/
Etymology: formed as thaumaturge n. + -ic suffix.
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.
a. The art of constructing marvellous or apparently magical devices. Obsolete.
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).
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