unmagic
English
Etymology 1
From un- + magic.
Verb
unmagic (third-person singular simple present unmagics, present participle unmagicking, simple past and past participle unmagicked)
- (transitive) To deprive of magic or of magical prowess
- 2012, Anne Poltera, Castle Magic and the Sinister Encroaching Fir Wood, page 163:
- However, he obediently sat down and shut his eyes. After a while he opened them and said, “I must have been able to 'unmagic' a crow just by being kind to it, and I was able to contact trees and things in the garden."
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Etymology 2
From un- + magic.
Noun
unmagic (uncountable)
- Lack or absence of magic; magiclessness
- 2011, Tamora Pierce, Magic Steps:
- Tying and knotting the net, she had become attuned to unmagic.
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