English-Thai Dictionary

legerdemain

N การ เล่นกล  เล่ห์เหลี่ยม  การ หลอกลวง  karn-len-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEGERDEMAIN

n.[See Light. ] Slight of hand; a deceptive performance which depends on dexterity of hand; a trick performed with such art and adroitness, that the manner or art eludes observation. The word is sometimes used adjectively; as a legerdemain trick.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEGERDEMAIN

Leg `er *de *main ", n. Etym: [F. léger light, nimble + de of + main hand, L. manus. See 3d Leger, and Manual. ]

 

Defn: Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick. He of legierdemayne the mysteries did know. Spenser. The tricks and legerdemain by which men impose upon their own souls.South.

 

LEGERDEMAINIST

LEGERDEMAINIST Leg `er *de *main "ist, n.

 

Defn: One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

legerdemain

leg er de main |ˌlejərdəˈmān, ˈlejərdəˌmān ˈˌlɛʤərdəˈˌmeɪn | ▶noun skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks. • deception; trickery. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French léger de main ‘dexterous, ’ literally ‘light of hand. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

legerdemain

legerdemain |ˌlɛdʒədɪˈmeɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] skilful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks. • deception; trickery. ORIGIN late Middle English: from French léger de main ‘dexterous ’, literally ‘light of hand ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

legerdemain

legerdemain noun 1 stage magicians practicing legerdemain: sleight of hand, conjuring, magic, wizardry; formal prestidigitation; rare thaumaturgy. 2 a piece of management legerdemain: trickery, cunning, artfulness, craftiness, chicanery, skulduggery, deceit, deception, artifice.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

legerdemain

legerdemain noun 1 stage magicians practising legerdemain: sleight of hand, juggling, conjuring, magic, prestidigitation, wizardry, illusion, dexterity; rare thaumaturgy. 2 a classic piece of management legerdemain: trickery, cunning, artfulness, craftiness, craft, wiles, chicanery, skulduggery, deceit, deception, artifice, cheating, dissimulation, double-dealing, artful argument, specious reasoning, sophistry, humbug, flimflam; Brit. informal jiggery-pokery; archaic stratagem.