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thaumaturge

[thaw-muh-turj]

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noun

a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.

Also, thau·ma·tur·gist.

Origin:
1705–15; back formation from thaumaturgic

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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thaumaturge (ˈθɔːməˌtɜːdʒ)

—n
	rare a performer of miracles; magician

[C18: from Medieval Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek thaumatourgos miracle-working, from thaumato- + -ourgos working, from ergon work]

'thaumaturgy

—n

thauma'turgic

—*adj*

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thaumaturge

1621 (implied in thaumaturgical), from Mod.L., from Gk. thaumatourgos "wonder-working, conjurer," from thauma (gen. thaumatos) "wonder, wonderous thing," prop. "a thing to look at" (from root of theater, q.v.) + ergon "work" (see urge (v.)).

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