magus
/ˈmeɪɡəs
/noun (plural magi /ˈmeɪdʒʌɪ/)
1A member of a priestly caste of ancient Persia.Recognizing his prodigious learning and receptivity to new ideas, the Persian magi took Pythagoras into their confidence and he became a student of their equally ancient mystery school....
- In his times, Herodotus notes, the magi had became Zoroastrian priests.
1.1A sorcerer.A creative magus, he conjures the illusion of a surface, and just as quickly makes it disappear....
- The magi turned our land black with their spells!
- Casting forth multiple strands of magic, Valaan clenched his fists, and earth erupted from the ground, sending the black cloaked magi flying.
Origin
Middle English: via Latin and Greek from Old Persian maguš.
Rhymes
- networkable
- network analyser
- network analysis
- network appliance
- network computer
- network effect
- network English
- networker
- network former
- network-forming
- network marketing
- network modifier
- network-modifying
- network neutrality
- network operator
- network structure
- network television
- network theorem
- network TV
- net worth
- netê
- neu
- Neuchâtel, Lake
- Neue Sachlichkeit
- Neufchâtel