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Definition of Abracadabra
1. Noun. Gibberish and nonsense.
Definition of Abracadabra
1. n. A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
Definition of Abracadabra
1. Interjection. Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed. ¹
2. Noun. A mystical word or collocation of letters from kabbalism, said to ward off disease or disaster. ¹
3. Noun. Complicated technicalities, jargon that one does not understand much if at all. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abracadabra
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abracadabra
Literary usage of Abracadabra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"1 The letters in the triangle, it will he noticed, can be read in several directions
so as to form the meaningless word Abracadabra, much used in mediaeval ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1835)
"Remarks on the Abracadabra of the Nineteenth Century,- or on Dr. Samuel Hahnemann's
Homoeopathic Medicine, with particular reference to Dr. ..."
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