wizard

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.

   The wizard conjured up a large fireball.

2. 2
   noun

   One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.

   He was a financial wizard, capable of predicting the movements of the stock markets.

3. 3
   noun

   A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.

   Use the "Add Network Connection" wizard to connect to a network in a series of simple steps.

4. 4
   noun

   An administrator of a multi-user dungeon, or someone who has earned similar rights through gameplay; a user in wizard mode.

   Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]

5. 5
   noun

   A wise man; a sage.

   See how from far upon the eastern road / The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odours sweet!

6. 6
   noun

   A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.

   “I see this image of the basement-dwelling wizard who rejects societal conventions to such an extreme degree as one of the tragic heroes of our times.”

7. 7
   adj

   Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).

   "We had a wizard show," the young leader of an Australian squadron said, trying to keep the excitement out of his voice.

8. 8
   adj

   possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

Etymology

From Middle English wysard, wysarde, equivalent to wise + -ard. A uniquely medieval Anglo-Saxon word with no known morphologically exact cognates inside the Germanic family; did not gain distinct sense of "occultist, magic user" (as opposed to a philosopher or sage) until circa 1500s, aligning roughly with the starting English Renaissance. However, via Proto-Indo-European *weyd- cognate with Proto-Celtic *druwits (whence English druid), Proto-Slavic *vědьma (Polish wiedźma, Russian ве́дьма (védʹma)), Russian веду́н (vedún)). The sense of "old (male) virgin" is from a Japanese Internet meme whe…