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noun

Wizard n.

A wise man; a sage. (Obs.) "See how from far upon the eastern road The star-led wizards (Magi) haste with odors sweet!"

One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. "The wily wizard must be caught."

adjective

Wizard adj.

Enchanting; charming.

Haunted by wizards. "Where Deva spreads her wizard stream."

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Etymology of 'Wizard'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wizard" Quotes from Famous Books

... to attend to than the love-makings of a foo—of a headstrong youth. First: What you have told me of the attendances of Dirk van Goorl, your stepfather, and others of his household, namely, Red Martin and your half-brother Foy, at the tabernacle of your enemy, the wizard Arentz, ...

— Lysbeth - A Tale Of The Dutch • H. Rider Haggard

... because genius is little understood that its manifestations have so often been attributed to evil influences. The popular mind could only explain the achievements of the Genoese wizard of the bow, Nicolo Paganini (1784-1840) by the belief that he had sold himself body and soul to the devil who stood ever at his elbow when he played. When, after a taxing concert season, the weary violinist retired to a Swiss monastery ...

— For Every Music Lover - A Series of Practical Essays on Music • Aubertine Woodward Moore

... on wrong, and looks very black," thought Malagigi, the good wizard; "and Rinaldo is not here, and it is indispensably necessary that he should be. I must find out where he is, and Ricciardetto too, and send for them with all speed, and at any price." Malagigi called up, by his art, a wise, ...

— Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 • Leigh Hunt

... Padshah, who put a stain on the name of his forefathers for the sake of gold—to-day you have removed that fiend from the sacred soil of India. From Nuren Gossain to Talit Chakravarti, all turned approvers through the machinations of that fiendish wizard Shams-ul-Alam and by his torture. Had you not removed that ally of the monsters, could there ...

— Indian Unrest • Valentine Chirol

... spaces, forgetting here The breasts that were lit with life and the lips so near; Till the wizard willows waved in the wind and drew Me away from the fulness of love ...

— The Nuts of Knowledge - Lyrical Poems New and Old • George William Russell

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