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abracadabra

[ ab-ruh-kuh-dab-ruh ]

noun

  1. a mystical word or expression used in incantations, on amulets, etc., as a magical means of warding off misfortune, harm, or illness.
  2. any charm or incantation using nonsensical or supposedly magical words.
  3. meaningless talk; gibberish; nonsense.


abracadabra

/ ˌæbrəkəˈdæbrə /

interjection

  1. a spoken formula, used esp by conjurors


noun

  1. a word used in incantations, etc, considered to possess magic powers
  2. gibberish; nonsense

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Word History and Origins

Origin of abracadabra1

1690–1700; < Late Latin, probably < Late Greek, perhaps reflecting recitation of the initial letters of the alphabet; abecedary

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Word History and Origins

Origin of abracadabra1

C17: from Latin: magical word used in certain Gnostic writings, perhaps related to Greek Abraxas; see abraxas

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Example Sentences

Frozen pulls off its animated abracadabra by conjuring up the elements that made Disney's modern classics just that.

Chandelier, swimming pool, patient EKG, Abracadabra, you are free.

The first entry is “Abracadabra,” which at one time was an ancient code used by Egyptian priests, and ends with “Zoroastrianism.”

Wei somehow slips in unnoticed, has a private tête-à-tête with the powers that be, and abracadabra, deal done.

Her only regret is that she has had to leave at home her Persian cat Abracadabra, called "Abe" for short.

It was as though a charm, an Abracadabra, had been whispered over Mrs. Sampson and she had been changed immediately into a rabbit.

But after an hour or more, Billys deepest voice would boom, Abracadabra!

"Somebody ought to say an abracadabra charm ovah it," she suggested.

And mumbling his “abracadabra” over the sand spread on a cloth before him, he took up his bamboo-stick and wrote therein––Khalid!

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