prestidigitator
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[edit] Etymology
From Italian presto (“quick”) and Latin digitus (“finger”).
- Note: despite the phonetic similarities, the words prestidigitator and prestidigitation have different origins than prestige, even though this in the past has meant "delusion, illusion, trick".
[edit] Noun
prestidigitator (plural prestidigitators)
- One who performs feats of prestidigitation, a sleight-of-hand artist, a magician
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- French: prestidigitateur m, prestidigitatrice f
- Portuguese: prestidigitador m
