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Word of the Day 11/08/21 Prestidigitation

Prestidigitation (noun)
prestidigitation [ pres-ti-dij-i-tey-shuhn ]


noun
1. sleight of hand; legerdemain.

OTHER WORDS FROM PRESTIDIGITATION
pres·ti·dig·i·ta·tor, noun
pres·ti·dig·i·ta·to·ry [pres-ti-dij-i-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], pres·ti·dig·i·ta·to·ri·al, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO PRESTIDIGITATION
abracadabra, alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, conjuration, conjuring, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism

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Origin: 1855–60; < French: literally, ready-fingeredness, coinage perhaps based on prestigiateur juggler, conjurer, derivative of Latin praestīgiae juggler's tricks (see prestige). See prest, digit, -ation

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