wizard

CEFRA2

/ˈwɪz.əːd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person in stories who uses magic powers.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.

Examples

  • So, was there a time when you were a wizard, too?

  • The wizard waved his magic wand and disappeared into thin air.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈwɪz.ɚd] ~ [ˈwɪz.ɹ̩d]
  • /ˈwɪzə(ɾ)ɖ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.

  2. Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.

  3. An administrator of a multi-user dungeon, or someone who has earned similar rights through gameplay; a user in wizard mode.

More examples

In context

  • The young wizard learned how to cast spells at school.

  • He was a financial wizard, capable of predicting the movements of the stock markets.

  • The wizard conjured up a large fireball.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

In the fantasy story, the old blank used magic to defeat the dark forces.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English wysard, wysarde, equivalent to wise + -ard. A uniquely medieval Anglo-Saxon word with no known morphologically exact cognates inside the Germanic family; did not gain distinct sense of "occultist, magic user" (as opposed to a philosopher or sage) until circa 1500s, aligning roughly with the starting English Renaissance. However, via Proto-Indo-European *weyd- cognate with Proto-Celtic *druwits (whence English druid), Proto-Slavic *vědьma (Polish wiedźma, Russian ве́дьма (védʹma)), Russian веду́н (vedún). The sense of "old (male) virgin" is from a Japanese Internet meme in which virgins who are typically friendless, shy outcasts and loners who don't fit in anywhere legend...