Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who practices magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- noun A skilled or clever person.
- noun Archaic A sage.
- adjective Chiefly British Slang Excellent.
- adjective Archaic Of or relating to wizards or wizardry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wise man; a sage.
- noun A proficient in the occult sciences; an adept in the black art; one supposed to possess supernatural powers, generally from having leagued himself with the Evil One; a sorcerer; an enchanter; a magician; hence, a title occasionally applied to, or assumed by, modern performers of legerdemain; a conjuror; a juggler. See
witch . - Magic; having magical powers; enchanting: as, a wizard spell.
- To effect by wizardry or enchantment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A wise man; a sage.
- noun One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter.
- adjective Enchanting; charming.
- adjective Haunted by wizards.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who uses (or has skill with)
magic ,mystic items, andmagical andmystical practices. - noun One who is especially
skilled or unusuallytalented in a particularfield . - noun computing A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
- noun Internet One of the
administrators of amulti-user dungeon . - adjective slang, dated, UK
Fine ,superb (originallyRAF slang). - verb intransitive To practice
wizardry . - verb transitive To conjure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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` ` Which only goes to show '', said Colombo, ` ` that sorcery is somewhat akin to business, and now that I think of it '', said Colombo, ` ` I believe that the term wizard of industry is perhaps not entirely a misnomer. ''
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AVPM is a play, written and performed by a theatre company, and what we call wizard rock is just the soundtrack.
Wizrocklopedia 2009
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AVPM is a play, written and performed by a theatre company, and what we call wizard rock is just the soundtrack.
Wizrocklopedia 2009
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Genre veteran Christopher Lloyd also gives a bang-up performance as the Elvin wizard Tesselink.
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Genre veteran Christopher Lloyd also gives a bang-up performance as the Elvin wizard Tesselink.
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Once the wizard is complete, hopefully you will see a dialog that sets up XP for use, which will take quite a while.
Set Up And Use XP Mode In Windows 7 | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Harry Potter, the fictional boy wizard, is making owls disappear in India, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh says.
Harry Potter to blame for India's owls disappearing? Melissa Bell 2010
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The prerequisite checking program does a great job of ferreting out any missing components, a best practices wizard is available to optimize performance settings before installing EV, and the installer is as simple as it can be, with the option for a basic 'quick install' or an advanced installation mode that lets you access all the features.
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When you dig deeper into this corporate planned reform movement and see the little man behind the curtain -- you realize the wizard is just a greedy fraud.
Jeanine Molloff: Teaching : A Political Tool for Repression or Freedom Jeanine Molloff 2010
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Genre veteran Christopher Lloyd also gives a bang-up performance as the Elvin wizard Tesselink.
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yarb commented on the word wizard
I'm sure they're very clever (albeit oddly-monikered) fellows, but until they've made the Statue of Liberty disappear I really don't think they deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as David Copperfield.
July 18, 2011
dailyword commented on the word wizard
Gandalf, Saruman, and all the characters from Harry Potter are this.
September 18, 2012
oroboros commented on the word wizard
If you move each of its letters to the mirror position in the alphabet (A <-> Z, B <-> Y, etc.), WIZARD becomes DRAZIW. Credit: futilitycloset.com.
July 26, 2015
tbtabby commented on the word wizard
California! California!
September 22, 2015