wizardry

wizardry

English

Etymology

wizard +‎ -ry

Noun

wizardry (countable and uncountable, plural wizardries)

1. The art of a wizard; sorcery.
2. Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic.
3. Great ability in some specified field.

   He used his computing wizardry to automate the search-and-replace process.

Translations

art of a wizard; sorcery

Afrikaans: toorkuns, toordery Czech: čarodějnictví, kouzelnictví n Finnish: noitataito, taikuus (fi) German: Zauberei (de) f Hungarian: varázslás (hu)

Japanese: 魔法 (ja) (mahō), 魔術 (ja) (majutsu), 呪術 (ja) (jujutsu) (black magic) Latin: fascinatio f, fascinum n Latvian: burvestība f Polish: czarnoksięstwo (pl) n Portuguese: feitiçaria (pt) f, bruxaria (pt) f, magia (pt) f

something that gives the appearance of magic

Finnish: taikuus (fi) Latin: fascinatio, fascinum n

Latvian: burvestība f Portuguese: magia (pt) f

great ability

Finnish: taituruus (fi), taikuus (fi), noituus (fi) Hungarian: boszorkányság (hu)

Japanese: 有能 (yūnō), 才能 (ja) (sainō)

See also

• wizardcraft
• warlockry
• sorcery
• witchcraft
• hexcraft
• spellcraft
• spellcasting
• thaumaturgy