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legerdemainist

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leg⋅er⋅de⋅main

  [lej-er-duh-meyn]
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–noun
1. sleight of hand.
2. trickery; deception.
3. any artful trick.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME legerdemeyn, lygarde de mayne < MF: lit., light of hand

Related forms:
leg⋅er⋅de⋅main⋅ist, noun
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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