Jugglery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jugglery is a noun meaning (now rare) Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
Meaning
(now rare) Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
Example Sentences
[T]he vessel swarmed with the most hideous apparitions. […] But Huldbrand was indignant at such unsightly jugglery [translating Gaukeleien].
What they call the Great War is over […] and yet what do we see around us? Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.
Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers.
Word Forms
- juggleries
Synonyms for jugglery
Depending on context, synonyms include prestigiation, conjuration, conjuring, dweomercraft, hocus-pocus, illusionism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include legerdemain, jiggery-pokery, wizardism, sorcery, mysto-magic, escamotage.
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