thaumaturge

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin thaumatūrgus, from Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós), from θαύματο- (thaúmato-, “marvel”) +‎ -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker, maker”). Doublet of thaumaturgus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔːməˌtɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθɔ.məˌtɚd͡ʒ/

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Noun

thaumaturge (plural thaumaturges)

1. A performer of thaumaturgy; a performer of miracles; a magician.
   • 1892, George Robert Stow Mead, Simon Magus‎^[1]:

     Though the apostles are naturally shown as rejecting with indignation the pecuniary offer of the thaumaturge, they display no hate for his personality, whereas the fathers depict him as the vilest of impostors and charlatans and hold him up to universal execration.

Related terms

• thaumaturgic
• thaumaturgus
• thaumaturgy

Translations

performer of thaumaturgy

• Armenian: հրաշագործ (hy) (hrašagorc)
• Bulgarian: чудотворец (bg) m (čudotvorec), магьосник (bg) m (magjosnik)
• Catalan: taumaturg m, taumaturga f
• French: thaumaturge (fr) m
• Galician: taumaturgo m, taumaturga f
• German: Thaumaturg m, Wundertäter m
• Italian: taumaturgo (it) m, taumaturga f
• Macedonian: чудотворец m (čudotvorec)
• Occitan: taumaturg (oc) m, taumaturga (oc) f
• Portuguese: taumaturgo m
• Russian: волше́бник (ru) m (volšébnik), чудотворе́ц (ru) m (čudotvoréc)
• Spanish: taumaturgo (es) m, taumaturga f

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin thaumaturgus, from Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.ma.tyʁʒ/

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Noun

thaumaturge m (plural thaumaturges)

1. thaumaturge

Derived terms

• thaumaturgie

Further reading

• “thaumaturge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.