wizardry

English

Etymology

wizard +‎ -ry

Noun

wizardry (countable and uncountable, plural wizardries)

The art of a wizard; sorcery.
Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic.
Great ability in some specified field.
He used his computing wizardry to automate the search-and-replace process.

Translations

art of a wizard; sorcery

Afrikaans: toorkuns, toordery
Czech: čarodějnictví, kouzelnictví n
Finnish: noitataito, taikuus (fi)
German: Zauberei (de) f
Hungarian: varázslás (hu)

Japanese: 魔法 (ja) (mahō), 魔術 (ja) (majutsu), 呪術 (ja) (jujutsu) (black magic)
Latin: fascinatio f, fascinum n
Latvian: burvestība f
Polish: czarnoksięstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: feitiçaria (pt) f, bruxaria (pt) f, magia (pt) f

something that gives the appearance of magic

Finnish: taikuus (fi)
Latin: fascinatio, fascinum n

Latvian: burvestība f
Portuguese: magia (pt) f

great ability

Finnish: taituruus (fi), taikuus (fi), noituus (fi)
Hungarian: boszorkányság (hu)

Japanese: 有能 (yūnō), 才能 (ja) (sainō)

See also

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