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名詞

jugglery (countable and uncountable, plural juggleries)

1. (now rare) Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.

   Synonyms: prestigiation, sleight of hand; see also Thesaurus:prestidigitation

   • 1819, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 31, in The Bride of Lammermoor:

     Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers.

   • 1867, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, translated by FE Bunnett, Undine:

     [T]he vessel swarmed with the most hideous apparitions. […] But Huldbrand was indignant at such unsightly jugglery [translating Gaukeleien].

2. (by extension) Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.

   Synonyms: legerdemain, sleight of hand; see also Thesaurus:deception

   • 1942, Walter de la Mare, “All Hallows”, in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare:

     What they call the Great War is over […] and yet what do we see around us? Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.

参考

• juggling