prestidigital
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]prestidigital (comparative more prestidigital, superlative most prestidigital)
- Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or conjuring tricks.
- 1856, Charles Reade, It Is Never Too Late to Mend:
- The first his honest hard-working hand — the second his three-fingered Jack, his prestidigital hand; with both he now worked harder than ever.