Wizard
['wɪzəd] or ['wɪzɚd]
Definition
(n.) A wise man; a sage.
(n.) One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter.
(a.) Enchanting; charming.
(a.) Haunted by wizards.
Edited by Kitty
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Conjurer, enchanter, sorcerer, magician, soothsayer, necromancer, charmer, diviner, seer, juggler, prestidigitator, wonder-worker.
Typed by Gwendolyn
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Juggler, magician, conjuror, necromancer, sorcerer
Edited by Dorothy
Definition
n. one who practises witchcraft or magic: (obs.) a wise man.—adj. with magical powers.—adv. Wiz′ardly like a wizard.—n. Wiz′ardry sorcery.
Inputed by Leila
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a wizard, denotes you are going to have a big family, which will cause you much inconvenience as well as displeasure. For young people, this dream implies loss and broken engagements.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- He must be a wizard and no mistake. Plato. The Republic.
- A task too strong for wizard spells This squire had brought about; 'T is easy dropping stones in wells, But who shall get them out? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- His striking discoveries soon earned for him the nickname of The Wizard of Menlo Park. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This is the reason why itinerant venders of liniments under various titles such as Wizard Oil, Pain Killer, Instant Relief, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They want to explore the sewers, and he's the wizard rat that swims ahead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I believe that you are a wizard, Mr. Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Holmes, you are a wizard, a sorcerer! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Many volumes might be written to tell of the Wizard’s achievements. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He was admiring the almost wizard, sensuous apprehension of the earth, when Will Brangwen appeared, rolling down his shirt sleeves. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is surely a dream, said the Preceptor; we have many Jewish physicians, and we call them not wizards though they work wonderful cures. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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