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[syn: prestidigitation, sleight of hand]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prestidigitation \Pres`ti*dig`i*ta"tion\, n.
Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
prestidigitation
n 1: manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn:
prestidigitation, sleight of hand]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "prestidigitation":
Prospero, airiness, appearance, conjuration, delusiveness,
escamotage, fallaciousness, false appearance, false light,
false show, falseness, hanky-panky, hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey,
idealization, illusionism, illusionist, illusiveness,
immateriality, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, juggling, legerdemain,
magic, magic act, magic show, magician, monkey business,
mumbo jumbo, seeming, semblance, show, simulacrum, sleight of hand,
sorcerer, sorcery, specious appearance, trickery, unactuality,
unreality, unsubstantiality