Word of the Day 03/29/24 Legerdemain

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Legerdemain (noun)
legerdemain [ lej-er-duh-meyn ]

noun
1. sleight of hand.
2. trickery; deception.
3. any artful trick.

OTHER WORDS FROM LEGERDEMAIN
leg·er·de·main·ist, noun

WORDS RELATED TO LEGERDEMAIN
artfulness, chicanery, conjuring, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, hocus-pocus, manipulation, trickery

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ORIGIN: First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English legerdemeyn, lygarde de mayne “skill in conjuring, sleight of hand,” from Middle French léger de main “nimble, skillful,” literally “light of hand” (unrecorded)

HOW TO USE LEGERDEMAIN IN A SENTENCE
One act of legislative legerdemain was succeeded by another.
NANCY PELOSI BECOMING HOUSE SPEAKER AGAIN WOULD BE SWEET JUSTICE | ROBERT SHRUM | APRIL 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

They are impossible of explanation on any hypothesis calculated to reduce his work to the vulgar plane of legerdemain.
DO THE DEAD RETURN? | ANONYMOUS

Professor Stanyon is one of the most prolific as well as one of the cleverest living writers, on the subject of legerdemain.
MAGIC | ELLIS STANYON

The horrible act of Poisoning and all the tricks and conveyances of juggling and legerdemain are fully deciphered.
TRADITIONS, SUPERSTITIONS AND FOLK-LORE | CHARLES HARDWICK

"Of the marvellous art of legerdemain, Monsieur Arbuthnot," interrupted the Chevalier eagerly.
IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH | AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD EDWARDS

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