Synonyms for legerdemain
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lej-er-duh-meyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌlɛdʒ ər dəˈmeɪn |
Définition of legerdemain
Origin :- early 15c., "conjuring tricks," from Middle French léger de main "quick of hand," literally "light of hand," from léger "light" in weight (from Latin levis "light;" see lever) + main "hand" (from Latin manus; see manual).
- noun sleight of hand
- Astonishing feats of preparation were consummated as if by legerdemain.
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Priests, however, tolerate no rivals, and permit no legerdemain but their own.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- You would do, by a piece of legerdemain, what you have not the courage to attempt openly.
- Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
- Winchester lay the fewest of miles away, but somewhere there was legerdemain.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- I admire it as a splendid piece of legerdemain; but it expresses nothing.
- Extract from : « Gryll Grange » by Thomas Love Peacock
- A correspondence school course in legerdemain, Steven explained.
- Extract from : « Under Cover » by Roi Cooper Megrue
- A touch of legerdemain and my sword has passed into my left hand.
- Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix
- This title swings him into full view, stripped of all deception and legerdemain.
- Extract from : « Is the Devil a Myth? » by C. F. Wimberly
- Conjuror has since become a name for a professor of legerdemain or sleight-of-hand.
- Extract from : « Lancashire Folk-lore » by John Harland
- Legerdemain had scared him some and made him both suspicious and wary.
- Extract from : « Prairie Gold » by Various
Antonyms for legerdemain
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