亚洲网紅露点

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prestidigitation

[ pres-ti-dij-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. sleight of hand; legerdemain.


prestidigitation

/ 藢辫谤蓻蝉迟瑟藢诲瑟诲萧瑟藞迟别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. another name for sleight of hand
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢辫谤别蝉迟颈藞诲颈驳颈藢迟补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤别蝉顎卼颈路诲颈驳顎僫路迟补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 辫谤别蝉路迟颈路诲颈驳路颈路迟补路迟辞路谤测 [pres-ti-, dij, -i-t, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], 辫谤别蝉顎卼颈路诲颈驳顎卛路迟补路迟辞顎价颈路补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prestidigitation1

First recorded in 1840鈥45; from French preste 鈥渘imble鈥 (from Italian presto ) + Latin digit(us) 鈥渇inger鈥 + French -ation; or perhaps based on prestigiateur 鈥渏uggler, conjurer,鈥 derivative of Latin 辫谤补别蝉迟墨驳颈补别 鈥渏uggler's tricks鈥; presto, prestige, digit, -ation
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prestidigitation1

C19: from French: quick-fingeredness, from Latin praestigiae feats of juggling, tricks, probably influenced by French preste nimble, and Latin digitus finger; see prestige
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Example Sentences

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Still, the biggest act of prestidigitation is yet to come, and actually occurs after Pence provides his proof texts.

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Leaning into the sideshow kitsch of a superhero movie about a flying magician in an anthropomorphic cape, Raimi 鈥 in a marvelous act of movie prestidigitation 鈥 has pulled a cute rabbit from the old Disney hat.

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Later, in an act of popcorn-movie prestidigitation, all memory of yet another character is erased.

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You could argue that this is all prestidigitation, the conjuring of money from nothing.

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I can see giddy children dazzling parents with this bit of classic prestidigitation.

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