magic

nounsupernatural power; appearance

Antonyms for magic

reality

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "art of influencing events and producing marvels using hidden natural forces," from Old French magique "magic, magical," from Late Latin magice "sorcery, magic," from Greek magike (presumably with tekhne "art"), fem. of magikos "magical," from magos "one of the members of the learned and priestly class," from Old Persian magush, possibly from PIE *magh- (1) "to be able, to have power" (see machine). Transferred sense of "legerdemain, optical illusion, etc." is from 1811. Displaced Old English wiccecræft (see witch); also drycræft, from dry "magician," from Irish drui "priest, magician" (see druid).

Example Sentences formagic

I have existed in a magic Bohemia, largely of my own making.

She has the fascination of great pride and the magic of manners.

What magic in the utterance, what a revelation of Cleopatra's character and of Shakespeare's!

They had not seen the snake at all, but a stick that came back to the thrower's hand was magic.

The truth was that it was only by trusting to the magic of the white men that Patofa could get to us.

He was as if under a spell, and his dark, strong face glowed with the magic of it.

Some one had shouted the magic words from the head of the steps.

The sufferings of the past, the obstacles of the future, had disappeared as if by magic.

But, indeed, these works of magic have grown wearisome to me.

"The magic of this bone is a very great magic," Simba was saying.

magic

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black art

black magic

charm

charms

deviltry

magic

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black art

black magic

charm

charms

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