Apedia

Prestidigitation Pres Ti Dij I Tey Shuhn Noun Sleight Hand Legerdemain Deceitfulness Trickery

Prestidigitation refers to sleight of hand or legerdemain, and can also mean deceitfulness or trickery.

Prestidigitation refers to sleight of hand or legerdemain, and can also mean deceitfulness or trickery.

Front prestidigitation \pres-ti-dij-i-tey-shuhn\
Back noun
1. A sleight of hand; legerdemain.
2. Deceitfulness, trickery.

[From French prestidigitation (conjuring), from preste (nimble) + Latin digitus (finger).]

"It is, of course, a nonsense number, a statistical prestidigitation." - Polly Toynbee; Is There Pensions Apartheid?; The Guardian (London, UK); Jul 4, 2009. 

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Sordor noun filth dregs refuse

Previous card: Land swale sweyl noun chiefly northeastern u.s low

Up to card list: Hard English Vocabulary