jugglery
jugglery noun: witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
Noun
jugglery (countable and uncountable, plural juggleries)
- Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
- Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers.1819, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 31, in The Bride of Lammermoor
- [T]he vessel swarmed with the most hideous apparitions. […] But Huldbrand was indignant at such unsightly jugglery [translating Gaukeleien].1867, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, translated by FE Bunnett, Undine
- Synonyms:
- prestigiation, sleight of hand, conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, illusionism, legerdemain, magic, palmistry
- Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
- What they call the Great War is over […] and yet what do we see around us? Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.1942, Walter de la Mare, “All Hallows”, in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare
- Synonyms:
- legerdemain, sleight of hand, deception, imposition, hype, deceit, dupery, fiddle, fetch, hocus-pocus
jugglery meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
jugglery in Tamil
- எத்தர், ஏமாற்று, ஏமாற்றுக்காரர், செப்படி வித்தைக்கரர், செப்பிடு வித்தை
jugglery in Urdu
- بازی گری, فریب, کرتب, نظر بندی, شعبدہ بازی
jugglery in Malayalam
- അമ്മാനയാട്ടം, ചെപ്പടിവിദ്യ
jugglery in Kannada
- ಜಾದುಗಾರಿಕೆ, ಗಾರುಡಿ, ಕಣ್ಕಟ್ಟು, ಮೋಸ, ಠಕ್ಕು
More languagesFewer languages
- jugglery in Assamese
- ভেলেকী bheleki
Synonyms of jugglery
- prestigiation
- sleight of hand
- conjuration
- conjuring
- hocus-pocus
- illusionism
- legerdemain
- magic
- palmistry
- prestidigitation
16 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of jugglery
| plural | juggleries |
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Origin of jugglery
From Old French juglerie, jouglerie, from jouglere (“juggler”).
Questions about jugglery
- What does jugglery mean?
- Jugglery means witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
- What is jugglery in Tamil?
- Jugglery in Tamil is எத்தர், ஏமாற்று, ஏமாற்றுக்காரர். See Jugglery meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is jugglery?
- Jugglery is a noun.
- What is the plural of jugglery?
- The plural of jugglery is juggleries.
Words near jugglery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jugglery (page history and authors); jugglery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jugglery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jugglery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jugglery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ভেলেকী (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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