prestidigitation
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prestidigitation
- /ˌpɹɛstɪˌdɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪʃən/ UK
- /ˌpɹɛstəˌdɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From French prestidigitation, from French preste (“nimble, quick”) + Latin digitus (“finger”) + French -ation (process suffix). The word has a different origin from prestige, even though this in the past has meant “delusion, illusion, trick”.
noun prestidigitations
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A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands.
My favorite prestidigitation was when he pulled the live dove out of that tiny scarf.
Similar: sleight of hand, legerdemain
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A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.
His writing was peppered with verbal tricks and prestidigitation.
Similar: sleight of hand, legerdemain, deception, imposition, hype, deceit, dupery, fiddle, fetch, hocus-pocus, jugglery, list
Similar: conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, illusionism, jugglery, legerdemain, magic, palmistry, prestidigitation, prestigiation, sleight of hand
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noun
Similar: conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, illusionism, jugglery, legerdemain, magic, palmistry, prestidigitation, prestigiation, sleight of hand
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noun sleight of hand
| Español | prestidigitación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 手品 tejina |
| Português | prestidigitação |
| Français | prestidigitation |
| Deutsch | Taschenspielerkunst, Taschenspielertrick |
| Italiano | prestidigitazione |
| Ελληνικά | ταχυδακτυλουργία tachydaktylourgía |
noun deceitful cleverness
| Español | prestidigitación |
|---|---|
| Français | prestidigitation |
| Deutsch | Taschenspielertrick |
| Ελληνικά | ταχυδακτυλουργία tachydaktylourgía |
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title = {prestidigitation},
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