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Antonyms for magic

Grammar : Noun
Spell : maj-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmædʒ ɪk


Definition of magic

Origin :
  • late 14c., "art of influencing events and producing marvels using hidden natural forces," from Old French magique "magic, magical," from Late Latin magice "sorcery, magic," from Greek magike (presumably with tekhne "art"), fem. of magikos "magical," from magos "one of the members of the learned and priestly class," from Old Persian magush, possibly from PIE *magh- (1) "to be able, to have power" (see machine). Transferred sense of "legerdemain, optical illusion, etc." is from 1811. Displaced Old English wiccecræft (see witch); also drycræft, from dry "magician," from Irish drui "priest, magician" (see druid).
  • noun supernatural power; appearance
Example sentences :
  • I have existed in a magic Bohemia, largely of my own making.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • What magic in the utterance, what a revelation of Cleopatra's character and of Shakespeare's!
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • She has the fascination of great pride and the magic of manners.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • They had not seen the snake at all, but a stick that came back to the thrower's hand was magic.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • The truth was that it was only by trusting to the magic of the white men that Patofa could get to us.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • He was as if under a spell, and his dark, strong face glowed with the magic of it.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Some one had shouted the magic words from the head of the steps.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The sufferings of the past, the obstacles of the future, had disappeared as if by magic.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • But, indeed, these works of magic have grown wearisome to me.
  • Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "The magic of this bone is a very great magic," Simba was saying.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

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