单词 | thaumaturgy |
释义 | thaumaturgyn. The working of wonders; miracle-working; magic. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] wielingeOE wielOE craftOE witchcraftOE witchdomOE telingc1230 demerlaykc1275 dweomercraeftc1275 sorcerya1300 magicc1387 maleficec1390 jugglerya1400 precination1503 witchery1546 maleficiousness1547 prestigiation?c1550 wizardry1583 magie1592 dark art1613 prestigion1635 conjurement1645 magomancy1652 wizardism1682 thaumaturgy1727 warlockry1818 witchwork1827 brujería1838 wizardship1882 trolldom1891 mojo1923 pixie dust1951 witchering1956 old religion1964 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] colea1307 jugglingc1380 tregetryc1380 jugglerya1400 tregettingc1440 legerdemaina1450 jocularya1500 conveyance1531 prestigiation?c1550 conjuring1577 figgum1631 prestigion1635 sleight of handa1640 hocus-pocus1647 sleight1664 jugglementa1708 thaumaturgy1727 conjurationa1734 ventriloquism1797 magic1831 prestidigitation1841 hocus1854 conjury1855 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Thaumaturgy [1730 (folio) also Thaumaturgicks],..any Art that does, or seems to do Wonders, or, as it is defin'd by Dr. Dee [cf. thaumaturgic n. a], a mathematical Science, which gives a certain Rule for the making of strange Works to be perceiv'd by the Sense, yet to be greatly wonder'd at. 1778 T. Warton Hist Eng. Poetry (1840) II. xv. 178 This art, with others of the experimental kind, the philosophers of those times were fond of adapting to the purposes of thaumaturgy. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. viii. 94/2 A World of Miracles, wherein all fabled or authentic Thaumaturgy, and feats of Magic, were outdone. 1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. i. i. 38 Magic,—both black and white,—thaumaturgy, and necromancy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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