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Definition of Prestidigitation
1. Noun. Manual dexterity in the execution of tricks.
Generic synonyms: Conjuration, Conjuring Trick, Deception, Illusion, Legerdemain, Magic, Magic Trick, Thaumaturgy, Trick
Definition of Prestidigitation
1. n. Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.
Definition of Prestidigitation
1. Noun. A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand. ¹
2. Noun. A show of skill or deceitful cleverness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prestidigitation
Literary usage of Prestidigitation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Are the Dead Alive?: The Problem of Physical [!] Research that the World's by Fremont Rider (1909)
"Mere Prestidigitation Cannot Explain AH Alleged "Spirit Manifestations" But ...
No hypothesis of prestidigitation, no matter how cleverly worked out, can, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"LEGERDEMAIN, lej-er-de-man', the art of deceptive juggling; variously styled
prestidigitation, thaumaturgy or sleight of hand; or less correctly, magic. ..."
3. The North American Review by Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1891)
"I HATE been requested to lay before the readers of THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW such
of my reflections upon the art of magic or prestidigitation as I may deem ..."
4. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1877)
"... •Ac., Ac. But with such a doctrine of intuition all argument is simply
prestidigitation. IIe who is deftest in getting disputed tenets admitted into his ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"he records a startling feat of prestidigitation :— " There I saw Coll ... later JE
Robert-Houdin issued his Secret! de la Prestidigitation et de la Magie, ..."
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