black art

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black art

noun black arts

  1. in plural, often A practice such as witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, or black magic. dabbling in the black arts

    Similar: black magic, dark art, diablerie, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring, craft, dark arts, druidcraft, dweomercraft

  2. broadly, figuratively A process that is esoteric or difficult to master. Operating a hand card punch was something of a black art.

    Similar: dark art

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noun witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, etc.

中文妖术 yāoshù, 魔法 mófǎ
Ελληνικάμαύρη μαγεία mávri mageía
Русскийчёрная ма́гия čórnaja mágija

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@misc{black_art_2026,
  title = {black art},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/black%20art},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}