"wizardry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪzɚdɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aquild-wizardry.wav (note: Pacific Northwest) Forms: wizardries [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English wizard Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English wizardry From wizard + -ry. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|wizard|-ry|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English wizard Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English wizardry [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ry", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "wizardry", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="wizardry"> From wizard + -ry. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wizardry (countable and uncountable, plural wizardries)
  1. The art of a wizard; sorcery. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (art of a wizard; sorcery): toorkuns (Afrikaans), toordery (Afrikaans), سحر (siḥr) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), čarodějnictví (Czech), kouzelnictví [neuter] (Czech), sorĉado (Esperanto), noitataito (Finnish), taikuus (Finnish), Zauberei [feminine] (German), varázslás (Hungarian), noijitus (Ingrian), noijitos (Ingrian), 魔法 (mahō) (Japanese), 魔術 (majutsu) (Japanese), 呪術 (jujutsu) (english: black magic) (Japanese), fascinatio [feminine] (Latin), fascinum [neuter] (Latin), burvestība [feminine] (Latvian), trylldom [masculine] (Norwegian), czarnoksięstwo [neuter] (Polish), feitiçaria [feminine] (Portuguese), bruxaria [feminine] (Portuguese), magia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-wizardry-en-noun-EX5gzYt7 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Occult Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 51 17 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 46 21 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 46 21 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 10 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 9 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 67 14 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 8 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 7 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 68 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 64 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 64 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 56 9 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 66 9 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 11 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 62 12 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 71 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 64 10 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 66 9 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 66 9 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 64 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 61 12 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 64 12 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 60 8 32 Disambiguation of Occult: 61 21 19 Synonyms: black art, witchery, wizardcraft, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring, craft [obsolete], dark arts, diablerie, druidcraft, dweomercraft [rare], dwimmer [neologism, obsolete], dwimmercraft, enchantment, goety [obsolete], gypsycraft, hexcraft, hexerei, jugglery [archaic], magic, mojo, sorcery, sortilege, spellcasting, spellcraft, spellwork, thaumaturgy, wandwork, warlockry, whistness [UK, dialectal], witchdom, witchery, witchcraft, witchwork, wizardry, wizardcraft [rare], wonderworking Disambiguation of 'art of a wizard; sorcery': 98 1 1
  2. Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something that gives the appearance of magic): taikuus (Finnish), fascinatio (Latin), fascinum [neuter] (Latin), burvestība [feminine] (Latvian), magia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-wizardry-en-noun-XMNsFYz5 Disambiguation of 'something that gives the appearance of magic': 13 85 3
  3. Great ability in some specified field. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (great ability): taituruus (Finnish), taikuus (Finnish), noituus (Finnish), boszorkányság (Hungarian), 有能 (yūnō) (Japanese), 才能 (sainō) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-wizardry-en-noun-WHR0T7JA Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 31 17 51 Disambiguation of 'great ability': 4 0 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hexcraft, sorcery, spellcasting, spellcraft, thaumaturgy, warlockry, witchcraft, wizardcraft

Inflected forms

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