thaumaturgus
thaumaturgus noun: a miracle worker.
Noun
thaumaturgus (plural thaumaturguses or thaumaturgusses or thaumaturgi)
- A miracle worker.
- If to-morrow a thaumaturgus present himself with credentials sufficiently important to be discussed, and announce himself as able, say, to raise the dead, what would be done? A commission, composed of physiologists, physicists, chemists, persons accustomed to historical criticism, would be named.1927 [1863], The Life of Jesus, translation of Vie de Jésus by Ernest Renan
- Synonyms:
- thaumaturgist, thaumaturge
Synonyms of thaumaturgus
Forms of thaumaturgus
| plural | thaumaturguses |
|---|---|
| plural | thaumaturgusses |
| plural | thaumaturgi |
Origin of thaumaturgus
Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin thaumaturgus, from Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós). Doublet of thaumaturge.
Questions about thaumaturgus
- What does thaumaturgus mean?
- Thaumaturgus means a miracle worker.
- What part of speech is thaumaturgus?
- Thaumaturgus is a noun.
- What is the plural of thaumaturgus?
- The plural of thaumaturgus is thaumaturguses.
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