Dictionary

dwimmercraft en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdwɪməˌkɹɑːft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdwɪmɚˌkɹæft/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Middle English dwimmer-craft, dwemercraft, from Old English dweomorcræft (“magical arts, sorcery”), equivalent to dwimmer + -craft.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The art of illusion; the art of magic; sorcery; magic.
   • He had walked the wilds of Imokoi before, he had pierced rakshas illusions, seenthrough the mist of demonic dwimmer-craft centuries ago. 2005, Samit Basu, Manticore's Secret:
   • The soldiers peered into the deep dark shaft In which lay the monk with tonsorshorn / A victim of the sorcerous lady's dwimmer craft / […] 2011, John Henson, Broken Wings:

Forms

Relateds

dweomer

Synonyms

wizardry · dwimmercraft · thaumaturgy · spellcasting · jugglery · gypsycraft · warlockry · conjuring · hexcraft · bewitchery · dweomercraft · witchcraft · whistness · witchwork · spellwork · sortilege · diablerie · charmwork · magic · wandwork · spellcraft · witchery · enchantment · druidcraft · craft · hexerei · wonderworking · mojo · dwimmer · whistness · dweomercraft · sorcery · dark arts · wizardcraft · goety · witchdom · conjuration · spellcasting · black arts