Meanings
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noun
The power to make impossible things happen by using special words, spells, or rituals.
In the story, the wizard used magic to turn the prince into a frog.
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noun
Tricks performed to entertain people by making things seem to happen impossibly.
The children gasped as the man performed magic and pulled a rabbit from his hat.
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noun
A special, wonderful quality that makes something feel exciting or enchanting.
There is a certain magic in the city when it snows at Christmas.
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adj
Having or using supernatural powers.
The fairy waved her magic wand and the carriage appeared.
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adj
Wonderful; producing remarkable results as if by magic.
That was a magic moment when she finally said yes.
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Etymology
From Middle English magik, magyk, from Old French magique (noun and adjective), from Latin magicus (adjective), magica (noun use of feminine form of magicus), from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós, “magical”), from μάγος (mágos, “magus”). Ultimately from Old Iranian, probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”). Displaced native Old English ġealdor (survived in Middle English galder), and dwimmer.