leg·er·de·main

[lej-er-duh-meyn]
noun
1.
sleight of hand.
2.
trickery; deception.
3.
any artful trick.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English legerdemeyn, lygarde de mayne < Middle French: literally, light of hand

leg·er·de·main·ist, noun
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legerdemain (ˌlɛdʒədəˈmeɪn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  another name for sleight of hand
2.  cunning deception or trickery
 
[C15: from Old French: light of hand]
 
legerde'mainist
 
n

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Main Entry:  legerdemain1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  sleight of hand; magic tricks; any illusory feat
Etymology:  French 'light of hand'
Main Entry:  legerdemain2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  trickery; deception
Etymology:  French 'light of hand'
Main Entry:  legerdemain3
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  one who performs magic tricks
Etymology:  French 'light of hand'
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legerdemain
c.1430, "conjuring tricks," from M.Fr. léger de main "quick of hand," from léger "light" in weight (from L. levis "light;" see lever) + main "hand" (from L. manus, see manual).
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Example sentences
Nor was such acoustic legerdemain the evening's only astonishment.
The manner in which such properties are snapped up makes one think legerdemain
  is employed.
Nobody writing today has his bag of literary tricks and can produce them with
  such effortless legerdemain.
But their accounting legerdemain typically has the desired effect for only
  brief periods.
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