prestidigitation
11PRESTIDIGITATION — n. f. Art du prestidigitateur …
12prestidigitation — prestidigitator, n. prestidigitatory /pres ti dij i teuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, prestidigitatorial, adj. /pres ti dij i tay sheuhn/, n. sleight of hand; legerdemain. [1855 60; < F: lit., ready fingeredness, coinage perh. based on prestigiateur… …
13prestidigitation — (psè sti di ji ta sion) s. f. Art du prestidigitateur …
14prestidigitation — Synonyms and related words: Prospero, airiness, appearance, conjuration, delusiveness, escamotage, fallaciousness, false appearance, false light, false show, falseness, hanky panky, hocus pocus, hokey pokey, idealization, illusionism, illusionist …
15prestidigitation — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The use of skillful tricks and deceptions to produce entertainingly baffling effects: conjuration, legerdemain, magic, sleight of hand. See PERFORMING ARTS …
16prestidigitation — pres·ti·dig·i·ta·tion || prestɪ‚dɪdʒɪ teɪʃn n. sleight of hand, act of fooling others through skillful use of hands …
17prestidigitation — [ˌprɛstɪˌdɪdʒɪ teɪʃ(ə)n] noun formal conjuring tricks performed as entertainment. Derivatives prestidigitator noun Origin C19: from Fr., from preste nimble + L. digitus finger + ation …
18prestidigitation — n. Legerdemain, sleight of hand, juggling, prestigiation …
19prestidigitation — n 1. legerdemain, sleight of hand, jugglery, juggling, conjuring, hocus pocus; magic, trickery, thaumaturgy. 2. deception, deceit, dissimulation, duplicity, dark and crooked ways, evil ways; fraud, cheating, chicane; trumpery, dupery, fraudulence …
20prestidigitation — pres·ti·dig·i·ta·tion …