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Wizard   /wˈɪzərd/   Listen
noun
Wizard  n.  
1.
A wise man; a sage. (Obs.) "See how from far upon the eastern road The star-led wizards (Magi) haste with odors sweet!"
2.
One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. "The wily wizard must be caught."


adjective
Wizard  adj.  
1.
Enchanting; charming.
2.
Haunted by wizards. "Where Deva spreads her wizard stream."





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"Wizard" Quotes from Famous Books



... "I made a brighter figure in the yards than in the class," he says of himself at this time. This early practice of relating tales and noting what held the attention of his classmates was excellent training for the future Wizard ...
— Halleck's New English Literature • Reuben P. Halleck
... great pains to keep it clean. The only mystery about the old woman is the old chest in one corner of her hut. She keeps it jealously locked, and no one has ever found out what is in it, although the inquisitive folk of the place are very anxious to know. But it does not require a wizard to tell that. Doubtless it contains the clothing and toys of her grandson. Poor ...
— Freaks on the Fells - Three Months' Rustication • R.M. Ballantyne
... great; with him Trelawny was always natural and always at his best; but Shelley was a wizard who drew the pure metal from every ore. With Byron it was different. Trelawny was almost as vain as "the Pilgrim of Eternity," as sensitive, and, when hurt, as vindictive. He was jealous of Byron's success with women—they were two of a trade—and ...
— Pot-Boilers • Clive Bell
... you must want some by this time. I have a little ice- machine for Indian use,' he added, as Clement looked at him like a sort of wizard. ...
— The Pillars of the House, V1 • Charlotte M. Yonge
... says Dawson; "that way all hangs together to a nicety. For only a wizard could dream of coming hither ...
— A Set of Rogues • Frank Barrett


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