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wizardy

wizardy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a wizard.

Adjective

wizardy (comparative more wizardy, superlative most wizardy)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a wizard.
    • In place of friends came the peasants, to ask of the strange wizardy man advice about their legal rights in property quarrels, about dowries, gain, advantage, for all the world like the danglers at the Papal Court.1963, Morris Bishop, “Vaucluse, 1337-1341”, in Petrarch and His World, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →LCCN, page 135
    • The wizardy old man from tne introductory screen […] As far as the introduction goes David Whittaker, the man who writes the music for all the best computer games, has been asked to write an amazing score, and Nick [Bruty] is going to draw an old haggard wizardy man the height of the screen.1988 November, David Perry, “The Savage story”, in Amstrad Computer User, Macclesfield: Avralite Ltd, →ISSN, page 20, columns 1–2

Noun

wizardy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of wizardry.
    • With some justification the pagan community accused him of charlatanism and wizardy.2002, Antigone Samellas, Death in the Eastern Mediterranean (50-600 A.D.) (page 290)
    Synonyms:
    wizardry

Synonyms of wizardy

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Forms of wizardy

comparativemore wizardy
superlativemost wizardy

Origin of wizardy

From wizard + -y.

Questions about wizardy

What does wizardy mean?
Wizardy means resembling or characteristic of a wizard.
What part of speech is wizardy?
Wizardy can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near wizardy in the dictionary

  1. wizards
  2. Wizards of Oz
  3. wizards' hats
  4. wizardship
  5. wizardships
  6. wizardy
  7. wize
  8. wizely
  9. wizen
  10. wizened
  11. wizenedest

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