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adj
Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, not-comparable, slang
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noun
Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: conjurer, mage, magician, magic user, mystic, sorcerer, warlock, witch
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noun
One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: expert, genius, prodigy
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noun
A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: assistant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An administrator of a multi-user dungeon, or someone who has earned similar rights through gameplay; a user in wizard mode.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
A wise man; a sage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, sometimes
Qualifier: incel slang
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verb
To practice wizardry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To conjure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wiz
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expert
Narrower terms: track star
noun
one who practices magic or sorcery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sorcerer, magician, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: occultist
Narrower terms: enchanter, exorcist, exorciser, magus, sorceress, witch doctor, Cagliostro, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Giuseppe Balsamo
History
From Middle English wysard, wysarde, equivalent to wise + -ard. A uniquely medieval Anglo-Saxon word with no known morphologically exact cognates inside the Germanic family; did not gain distinct sense of "occultist, magic user" (as opposed to a philosopher or sage) until circa 1500s, aligning roughly with the starting English Renaissance. However, via Proto-Indo-European *weyd- cognate with Proto-Celtic *druwits (whence English druid), Proto-Slavic *vědьma (Polish wiedźma, Russian ве́дьма (védʹma)), Russian веду́н (vedún). The sense of "old (male) virgin" is from a Japanese Internet meme in which virgins who are typically friendless, shy outcasts and loners who don't fit in anywhere legendarily gain magical powers upon reaching 30 years of age; popularized ultimately by 4chan and adjacent online incel spaces. Compare typologically specialist (<< Latin speciō).
Across languages
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