prestidigitator
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌprɛstəˈdɪdʒɪˌteɪtər/
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prestidigitador
- The prestidigitator amazed the audience with his incredible sleight-of-hand tricks.
Examples
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Your Highness, lords, ladies and jellyspoons, it is a privilege to bring to you in person... the one and only renowned prestidigitator... and entrepreneur par excellence, Quatro the Great.
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That's right, Pennsylvania's favorite political-prop prestidigitator is at it again, this time putting Pignelope's pedal to the metal against the PoliticIt tour bus.
Blog text (2) -
You've never seen a prestidigitator in action?
Blog text (14) -
She also considers herself a bit of a shutterbug And a prestidigitator.
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I'm a prestidigitator.
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My collection spans the works of reason's most adroit prestidigitators.
Academic text (1992) -
The more convincing the painting, the greater the paradox that it was but a reflection or shadow, and the more the painter looked like a prestidigitator.
Academic text (2002) -
I thought of "prestidigitator," "premonstratensian," "preputial," "pretzel," and "prestissimo."
Fiction book (1990) -
Behold, a touch of magic from a prestidigitator who will amaze you with his gravity-defying derring-do, ladies and gentlemen, I give you Orlando the Magician!
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Ink-stained prestidigitators as gifted as Ben Hecht and Herman Mankiewicz wrote scenes and sequences for films on which they received (and perhaps wished) no credit.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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3.6
A person who does tricks that look like magic or who people think has real powers
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6.9
A performer who entertains people by doing magic tricks like making things appear or disappear
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8.2
A person who performs magic tricks to entertain people
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7.2
A person who entertains people by doing magic tricks
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prestidigitator comes from parts meaning 'quick' (presto) and 'finger' (digit). So a prestidigitator is a 'quick-fingered' person who uses fast hands to perform magic tricks and amaze the audience.