wizardry

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English wizard

Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye

English -ry

English wizardry

From wizard + -ry.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪzɚdɹi/

• Audio (Northwestern US):

  (file)

Noun

wizardry (countable and uncountable, plural wizardries)

1. The art of a wizard; sorcery.

   Synonyms: black art, witchery, wizardcraft; see also Thesaurus:magic

2. Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic.
   • 2001 April 25, David H. Crehore, “Re: OT?:pipe musings on the drive home”, in alt.smokers.pipes‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Filled up the Ashton with Capstan and had a totally British drive home. Thanks to the wizardry of Ashton and Imperial Tobacco, that first smoke in a new pipe was sweet as a nut.

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
• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: سحر (siḥr)

• Czech: čarodějnictví, kouzelnictví n
• Esperanto: sorĉado
• Finnish: noitataito, taikuus (fi)
• German: Zauberei (de) f
• Hungarian: varázslás (hu)
• Ingrian: noijitus, noijitos
• Japanese: 魔法 (ja) (mahō), 魔術 (ja) (majutsu), 呪術 (ja) (jujutsu) (black magic)
• Latin: fascinatio (la) f, fascinum n
• Latvian: burvestība (lv) f
• Norwegian: trylldom m
• 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 (la), fascinum n
• Latvian: burvestība (lv) f
• Portuguese: magia (pt) f

great ability

• Finnish: taituruus (fi), taikuus (fi), noituus (fi)
• Hungarian: boszorkányság (hu)
• Japanese: 有能 (ja) (yūnō), 才能 (ja) (sainō)

See also

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