legerdemain
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ər 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
1400–50; late Middle English legerdemeyn, lygarde de mayne < Middle French: literally, light of hand
Related forms
leg·er·de·main·ist, noun
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legerdemain (ˌlɛdʒədəˈmeɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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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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