Word Meanings - PRESTIDIGITATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.

Related words: (words related to PRESTIDIGITATOR)

• SLEIGHTLY
  Cunningly. Huloet.
• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• SLEIGHT
  1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. "His sleight and his covin." Chaucer. 2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. The world hath many subtle sleights. Latimer. 3. Dexterous
• SLEIGHTY
  Cunning; sly. Huloet.
• JUGGLERESS
  1. A female juggler. T. Warton.
• SKILLED
  Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
• SKILLIGALEE
  A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
• LEGERDEMAINIST
  One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.
• SLEIGHTFUL
  Cunning; dexterous.
• LEGERDEMAIN
  Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick. He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Spenser. The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls. South.
• SKILLET
  A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat. (more info) ecuelle, fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish. Cf. Scuttle
• JUGGLER
  jongleor, F. jongleur, fr. L. joculator a jester, joker, fr. joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest, joke. See Joke, and cf. 1. One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer. As nimble
• JUGGLERY
  1. The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand. 2. Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.
• SKILL
  skilja to separate, divide, distinguish, Sw. skilja,. skille to separate, skiel reason, right, justice, Sw. skäl reason, Lith. skelli 1. Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. Shak. "As it was skill and right." Chaucer. For great
• SKILL-LESS
  Wanting skill. Shak.
• UNSKILLFUL
  1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. 2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. Shak. --
• UNSKILL
  Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness. Sylvester.
• CATSKILL PERIOD
  The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology.