'Prestidigitation' definitions:
Definition of 'prestidigitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn: prestidigitation, sleight of hand]
Definition of 'Prestidigitation'
From: GCIDE
- Prestidigitation \Pres`ti*dig`i*ta"tion\, n. Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prestidigitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airiness,
- appearance,
- conjuration,
- delusiveness,
- escamotage,
- fallaciousness,
- false appearance,
- false light,
- false show,
- falseness,
- hanky-panky,
- hocus-pocus,
- hokey-pokey,
- idealization,
- illusionism,
- illusionist,
- illusiveness,
- immateriality,
- jiggery-pokery,
- jugglery,
- juggling,
- legerdemain,
- magic,
- magic act,
- magic show,
- magician,
- monkey business,
- mumbo jumbo,
- Prospero,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- show,
- simulacrum,
- sleight of hand,
- sorcerer,
- sorcery,
- specious appearance,
- trickery,
- unactuality,
- unreality,
- unsubstantiality