magicianとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

発音

• IPA^(key): /məˈdʒɪ(t)ʃən/
• ハイフネーション: ma‧gi‧cian
• 韻: -ɪ(t)ʃən

名詞

magician (複数形 magicians, feminine magicianess)

1. A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
2. (sometimes derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
   • 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:

     The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.

3. A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
4. An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
5. A person who astounds; an enigma.

同意語

• (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic): sorcerer, thaumaturge, wizard, warlock, witch, enchanter, magic user
• (spiritualist または practitioner of mystic arts): spiritualist, mystic, witch doctor
• (performer of tricks): wizard, trickster, stage magician
• (talented craftsman または scientist): whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
• (person who astounds, is an enigma): phenomenon
• See also Thesaurus:magician

派生語

• archmagician
• cacomagician
• magicianess

関連する語

• magic
• magical
• magically
• magicienne